Prudence , indeed , will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes ; and accordingly all experience hath shown that mankind are more disposed to suffer , while evils are sufferable , than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed .

诚然，慎重会使得一个建立已久的政府不因微不足道的和暂时的原因而被改变，过去的一切经验也表明，人类更倾向于忍受尚能忍受的苦难，而不去为了拯救自己而废除他们久已习惯了的政府形式。

Prudence , indeed , will dictate that governments long established should not be changed for light and transient causes ; and accordingly all experience hath shown , that mankind are more disposed to suffer , while evils are sufferable , than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed .

为了慎重起见，成立多年的政府，是不应当由于轻微和短暂的原因而予以变更的。过去的一切经验也都说明，任何苦难，只要是尚能忍受，人类都宁愿容忍，而无意为了本身的权益便废除他们久已习惯了的政府。