MORALITY
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All men are liable to error; and
most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to
it. |
人都会犯错误,在许多情况下,大多数仍是由于欲望或兴趣的引诱而犯错误的。 |
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Character is what you are in the
dark. |
暗处最能反映一个人真正品格。 |
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Courage is the ladder on which all
the other virtues mount. |
勇气是一架梯子,其他美德全靠它爬上去。 |
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Despite all the life danger, with
one selfless act from one common person, someone is saved, A hero is made. |
不管一切危险,由于一个普通人的无私行动,有人得救了,英雄就应运而生。 |
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Distrust can be contagious. But,
so can trust. |
不信任有传染性。但是信任也如此。 |
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Fame is the chastisement of meit
and the punishment of talent. |
盛名殊誉是德才之忌。 |
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God was constructed out of
mankind's need for hope , for purpose, for meaning:an invisible protector
and conscientious father. |
人类出于对希望、目标意义的需要而造出了神:一位冥冥之中的保护者和尽责的养育者。 |
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He who would do good to another
must do it in minute
particulars; general good is the plea of the scoundrel , hypocrite and
flatterer. |
行善总是具体的、特定的;抽象的、笼统的行善是恶棍、伪君子和献媚者的托辞。 |
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I
know only that what is
moral is what you feel good
after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after. |
我只知道所谓道德是指你事后觉得好的东西,所谓不道德是指你事后觉得不好的东西。 |
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If you would convince others ,you
seem open to conviction yourself. |
要说服别人,先得说服自己。 |
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If your morals make you dreary.
depend upon it, they are wrong. |
如果你的品行使你郁郁寡欢,那么,这些品行无疑是错误的。 |
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It is an open question whether any
behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or
should be regarded as merely
cowardly. |
一个有待解决的问题是:基于是害怕无休止的惩罚而产生的行为是被视作有道德的呢,还是应该被视作懦弱的? |
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It is not enough to do good; one
must do it the right way. |
人不仅要做好事,更要以正确的方式做好事。 |
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Lying disguises our mortality, our
inadequacies, our fears and anxieties, our loneliness in the midst of the
crowd. We yearn for the comfort of familiar lies to create a more amenable
reality. |
说谎掩盖了人死的必然性、缺陷、恐惧、焦虑和在熙熙攘攘的人群中所感到的孤独。耳熟能详的谎言会创造一个较易应付的现实。
人渴望从这些谎言中得到安慰。 |
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Morality is not really the
doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of
how we are to be worthy of happiness. |
道德确实不是指导人们如何使自己幸福的教条,而是指导人们如何配享有幸福的学说。 |
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Morality is the custom of one's
country ;cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country. |
道德是一个人所在国家的风俗习惯:在吃人的国家里,吃人是合乎道德的。 |
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Morality is the herd instinct
in the individual. |
道德是个人心目中的群居本能。 |
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Morality may consist solely in the
courage of making a choice. |
道德可能仅仅在于有勇气作出抉择。 |
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Mutual forgiveness of each vice,
such are the gates of Paradise. |
相互宽容对方的缺点,乃是通向天堂之门。 |
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No mourality can be founded on
authority, even if the authouity were divine. |
道德不可能建立在权威的基础上,即使这种权威是至高无上的。 |
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Nothing is easier than to deceive
one's self. |
再没有什么比欺骗自己更容易的了。 |
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Personality is to man what perfume
is to a flower. |
品格之于人,犹如芳香之于花。 |
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Plain
living and high thinking. |
生活要朴素,情操要高尚。 |
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Rich gifts wax poor when givers
prove unkind. |
如果送礼的人不是出于真心,再贵重的礼物也会失去它的价值。 |
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There is , however, a
limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue. |
克制也有个限度,超过了限度就不再是美德。 |
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Virtue is bold, and
goodness never fearful. |
美德是勇敢的,善良从来无所畏惧。 |
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We all tell lies——little lies,
big lies, necessity lies in order to insure social and psychological peace
and comfort. |
所有的人说 的谎——小谎、大谎、善意的谎——都是为确保社会安宁、心理舒适采取的必要手段。 |
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We know the good, we apprehend it
clearly, but we can't bring it to achievement . To persevere, trusting in
what hopes he has, is courage in a man. |
我们懂得善,我们理解善,但是我们无法实现善。人的勇气就是坚信自己的希望能够实现,并为之进行不屈不挠的努力。。 |
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Wherever
true valor is found, true modesty will
there abound. |
真正的勇敢,都包含谦虚。 |
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Words may be false and full of
arts ,sighs are the natural language of the heart. |
言语可以是谎言并带有技巧;叹息才是心灵的自然流露。
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