「個人總需掙扎才不致被社群所淹沒，做自己是一件困難的差事，如果你去嘗試，你常常會寂寞，有時會害怕。但為得到掌控自己的特權，沒有代價是高的不能付的。」

“The individual has always had to struggle to keep from being overwhelmed by the tribe. To be your own man is a hard business. If you try it, you’ll be lonely often, and sometimes frightened. But no price is too high to pay for the privilege of owning yourself.”
– Rudyard Kipling, Writer

「個人總需掙扎才不致被社群所淹沒，做自己是一件困難的差事，如果你去嘗試，你常常會寂寞，有時會害怕。但為得到掌控自己的特權，沒有代價是高的不能付的。」
– 魯德亞德‧吉卜林 (作家)

keep from 防止不被…。例：He stood up to keep himself from falling sleep. (他站起來防止自己睡著。) overwhelm (v.) 壓倒，淹沒。例：The defense was overwhelmed by the enemy’s superior firepower. (防守被敵方較優勢的火力給鎮壓。) tribe (n.) 部落，族群。privilege (n.) 特權，優待。

魯德亞德‧吉卜林 (1865-1936) 為英國詩人、短篇故事家、小說家及兒童故事家，他在 1907 年獲得諾貝爾文學獎。