特奧多爾·蒙森
歷史學(xué)巨匠
The course of history is the slow march of freedom.
歷史的進(jìn)程是自由的緩慢行進(jìn)。
Without passion, there might be no error, but without passion, there would certainly be no greatness.
若無(wú)激情，或許不會(huì)犯錯(cuò)，但若無(wú)激情，也必定無(wú)偉大。
The historian is a prophet looking backward.
歷史學(xué)家是回望過(guò)去的先知。
The past is never dead; it is not even past.
過(guò)去從未消逝，它甚至從未過(guò)去。
The historian must have a kind of faith that humanity will not and cannot perish.
歷史學(xué)家必須懷有一種信念：人類不會(huì)也不能滅亡。
It is not the task of history to judge, but to understand.
歷史的任務(wù)不是評(píng)判，而是理解。
The safety of the state is the highest law.
國(guó)家安全是最高法則。
The greatest foe to liberty is the inert majority.
自由最大的敵人是麻木的大多數(shù)。
History is neither written nor made without love or hate.
歷史既非無(wú)愛亦非無(wú)恨地書寫或創(chuàng)造。
The greatest crimes are not committed by those who break the rules, but by those who follow them to the letter.
最嚴(yán)重的罪行不是由違反規(guī)則者犯下，而是由那些刻板遵守規(guī)則者所為。