The life history of the individual is first and foremost an accommodation to the patterns and standards traditionally handed down in his community.

个人的生活史首先是适应其社区传统上传下来的模式和标准。

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

重要的是创造历史，而不是写历史。

The megalomaniac differs from the narcissist by the fact that he wishes to be powerful rather than charming, and seeks to be feared rather than loved. To this type belong many lunatics and most of the great men of history.

自大狂与自恋者的不同之处在于，他希望强大而不是迷人，希望被人畏惧而不是被人爱。许多疯子和大多数历史上的伟人都属于这一类。

The most difficult problem in personal knowledge, whether of oneself or of others, is the problem of guessing when to think as a historian and when to think as an anthropologist.

个人知识中最困难的问题，无论是对自己还是对他人，都是猜测什么时候该以历史学家的身份思考，什么时候该以人类学家的身份思考。

The odds are always against you no matter what your previous history is. You have to overcome the tendency to relax.

不管你以前的经历如何，机会总是对你不利。你必须克服放松的倾向。

The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.

过去是一个陌生的国度;他们在那里做的事情不一样。

The people who make history are not the people who make it who are there but the people who make it and then write about it.

创造历史的人不是那些在那里创造历史的人，而是那些创造历史然后记录历史的人。

The people, and the people alone, are the motive force in the making of world history.

人民，只有人民，才是创造世界历史的动力。

The principal office of history I take to be this: to prevent virtuous actions from being forgotten, and that evil words and deeds should fear an infamous reputation with posterity.

我认为，历史的主要任务是:防止人们忘记善行，防止恶行在子孙后代中留下臭名昭著的名声。

The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes all barriers to coercion and manipulation by the powerful.

人的本性在心理方面只不过是历史的产物，并具有特定的社会关系，这一原则消除了一切障碍，使之不受强权的胁迫和操纵。

The prolonged slavery of women is the darkest page in human history.

长期奴役妇女是人类历史上最黑暗的一页。

The real movement of history, it turns out, is fueled not by matter but by spirit, by the will to freedom.

事实证明，推动历史真正运动的不是物质，而是精神，是对自由的意志。

The recent history of Ukraine is replete with dead journalists, beaten journalists, news agencies being shut down, and politicians being injured or killed. Most are killed in mysterious auto accidents.

乌克兰最近的历史充满了死去的记者、被殴打的记者、被关闭的新闻机构，以及受伤或死亡的政治家。大多数人死于神秘的车祸。

The repeated lies become history, but they don't necessarily become the truth.

重复的谎言成为历史，但不一定成为真理。

The ruling passion, be it what it will. The ruling passion conquers reason still.

支配一切的激情，不管它是什么。支配一切的激情仍然战胜理智。