There is nothing more fearful for the average person in our society than to stand before a group of people and speak. 对我们社会的普通人来说,没有什么比站在一群人面前讲话更可怕的了。 -- Charles R. Swindoll 查尔斯·R·斯温德尔
The temptation of the age is to look good without being good. 这个时代的诱惑是看起来很好,但实际上并不好。 -- Brennan Manning 布伦南·曼宁
It's easy to attack and destroy an act of creation. It's a lot more difficult to perform one. 很容易攻击和破坏创造行为。做一个要困难得多。 -- Chuck Palahniuk 恰克·帕拉尼克
Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water. 在你知道新水桶是否能盛水之前,不要把旧水桶扔掉。
Natural rights is simple nonsense: natural and imprescriptable rights, rhetorical nonsense---nonsense upon stilts. 自然权利是简单的胡言乱语:自然而不可规定的权利,修辞上的胡言乱语——高跷上的胡言乱语。 -- Jeremy Bentham 杰里米·本瑟姆
Scatter with one hand, gather with two. 用一只手分散,用两只手聚集。
Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies. 奉承结交朋友,真理树敌。
A man who lives on the bank of a river does not use spittle to wash his hands. 住在河边的人是不会用唾沫洗手的。