政治精神倾向于使人们彼此疏远。
孟德斯鸠
法国启蒙思想家

孟德斯鸠(1689年1月18日~1755年2月10日),法国启蒙思想家、法学家。孟德斯鸠不仅是18世纪法国启蒙时代的著名思想家,也是近代欧洲国家比较早的系统研究古代东方社会与法律文化的学者之一。

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

我爱那些能在困境中微笑、在困苦中汲取力量、在反思中变得勇敢的人。

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没有比在法律的庇护下、以正义之名实施的暴政更大的暴政。

There is no greater tyranny than that which is perpetrated under the shield of the law and in the name of justice.

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要真正伟大,必须与人民站在一起,而不是凌驾于他们之上。

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

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在一个腐败横行的国家,法律必须非常繁多。

In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.

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没有以自然为基础的法律是无用的。

Laws that have not their basis in nature are useless.

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以战争建立的帝国必须通过战争来维护自身。

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

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在寡头政治中的国王的暴政对公共福祉的威胁不如在民主国家中公民的冷漠。

The tyranny of a prince in an oligarchy is not so dangerous to the public welfare as the apathy of a citizen in a democracy.

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自由是法律允许的一切权利。

Liberty is the right of doing whatever laws permit.

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早期罗马人的严格道德观念培养了一代既不过于虔诚也不过于怀疑的人。

The severe morals of the early Romans produced a race of men who were neither superstitiously devout nor philosophically skeptical.

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 当立法和行政权力集中在同一人或同一机构时,就不会有自由。

When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty.

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 政治精神倾向于使人们彼此疏远。

The political spirit tends to make men stand aloof from each other.

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 我们应该为人们的诞生而哭泣,而不是为他们的死亡。

We should weep for men at their birth, not at their death.

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 我从未遇到过一小时阅读不能解除的痛苦。

I have never known any distress that an hour's reading did not relieve.

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每个政府的衰败都始于其建立时的原则的腐化。

The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded.

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多数人的暴政是一种加倍的暴政。

The tyranny of a multitude is a multiplied tyranny.

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生活在美国宪法下是人类历史上赋予的最伟大的政治特权。

To live under the American Constitution is the greatest political privilege that was ever accorded to the human race.

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道德越少,财富就越多;财富越少,道德就越多。

The less virtue, the more wealth there is; the less wealth, the more virtue.

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当我们为后代规划时,我们应该记住,美德并不是世代相传的。

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

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虚假的幸福使人变得刻薄和傲慢,而这种幸福从不传播。真正的幸福使他们善良和明智,而这种幸福总是分享的。

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

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我爱那些能在困境中微笑、在困苦中汲取力量、在反思中变得勇敢的人。

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection.

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I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

我不同意你说的话,但我愿意为你说话的权利而献出生命。

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