1 Blindness can increase your courage because you can't see any danger.
Comments: Although blindness will increase people's courage, it is a sign of cowardice. Ignorance of danger does not mean that you are not close to danger, so it is a self-deception We should face the danger bravely and fight against it.
In appointing talents, they pay more attention to good moral character than excellent talents.
Comments: From a person's moral character, we can see what kind of person he is. People in Lilliput choose talents according to such criteria. In their view, if a person has outstanding talent, but no good moral character, then this person is not a talent.
If a person has no virtue, they think that no matter how high he can be, it is difficult to achieve it. Without virtue, nothing can be entrusted to such a talented guy.
Comments: Talent is not the most important thing. No matter how high the talent is, if there are distractions, you can't serve your country faithfully. Lilliputians believe that the country cannot be destroyed by these disloyal and talented people.
Whether by nature or fate, I have decided to work hard all my life.
Comments: Gulliver, the hero, doesn't want to achieve much, just wants to do what he is interested in freely. As long as he can do this, it doesn't matter even if he works hard all his life.
If a well-behaved person makes mistakes because of ignorance, he will never have a great impact on social interests like those who deliberately corrupt. It is precisely because of their great skills and high means that they can double their corruption and at the same time cleverly cover up their own corruption.
Comments: They choose people with good conduct when choosing talents, because they believe that such people will not have the idea of harming the country of those who deliberately corrupt. It can also be seen from this sentence that they attach importance to social interests and hate people who have great influence on social interests.