The study of truth requires a considerable effort - which is why few are willing to undertake it out of love of knowledge - despite the fact that God has implanted a natural appetite for such knowledge in the minds of men.
追求真理需要相当大的努力,这就是为什么只有很少人愿意出于对知识的热爱而去追求真理,尽管上帝在人的心灵中植入了对这种知识的自然渴望。
The worth of a state, in the long run, is the worth of the individuals composing it.
Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.