Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.

Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.

我承认，孩子应该是无辜的;但当这个词被用于男性或女性时，它只是一个表示软弱的民事用语。

-- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 玛丽·葛德文