选自汉·桓宽《盐铁论·相刺》。橘柚生长于江南，各地的人吃起来都有甜的感觉，这是因为大家的味觉是相同的；郑国卫国的音乐，大家都觉得好听，那是因为大家对声音效果的感受是相同的。这句话以吃橘柚的感觉与听音乐的感受为喻，说明是非好坏的标准是客观存在的，人类社会的价值认同大体是相同的。

The tongue is like a sharp knife, killing without drawing blood. Words from a skilled person can cause greater harm than a warrior’s weapon.

The present state of the system of nature is evidently a consequence of what it was in the preceding moment, and if we conceive of an intelligence which at a given instant comprehends all the relations of the entities of this universe, it could state the respective positions, motions, and general effects of all these entities at any time in the past or future.

对付不自由世界的唯一方法就是变得如此绝对自由，以至于你的存在本身就是一种反抗。

我们都有责任见证我们所看到的，并大声反对不公正。