【金句】Gilbert K. Chesterton - The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt...

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The wisest thing in the world is to cry out before you are hurt. It is no good to cry out after you are hurt; especially after you are mortally hurt. People talk about the impatience of the populace; but sound historians know that most tyrannies have been possible because men moved too late. it is often essential to resist a tyranny before it exists.

世界上最明智的事莫過於在受傷之前大聲疾呼。受傷後再喊叫已無濟於事，尤其是遭受致命傷後。人們常談及民眾的急躁；但真正的歷史學家知道，大多數暴政之所以能發生，是因為人們行動得太晚。在暴政出現之前就進行抵抗往往是至關重要的。