1.All men are liable to error; and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.
人都會(huì)犯錯(cuò)誤,在許多情況下,大多數(shù)仍是由于欲望或興趣的引誘而犯錯(cuò)誤的。
2.Character is what you are in the dark.
暗處最能反映一個(gè)人真正品格。
3.Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.
勇氣是一架梯子,其他美德全靠它爬上去。
4.Despite all the life danger, with one selfless act from one common person, someone is saved, A hero is made.
不管一切危險(xiǎn),由于一個(gè)普通人的無(wú)私行動(dòng),有人得救了,英雄就應(yīng)運(yùn)而生。
5.Distrust can be contagious. But, so can trust.
不信任有傳染性。但是信任也如此。
6.Fame is the chastisement of meit and the punishment of talent.
盛名殊譽(yù)是德才之忌。
7.God was constructed out of mankind’s need for hope, for purpose, for meaning:an invisible protector and conscientious father.
人類出于對(duì)希望、目標(biāo)意義的需要而造出了神:一位冥冥之中的保護(hù)者和盡責(zé)的養(yǎng)育者。
8.He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars; general good is the plea of the scoundrel , hypocrite and flatterer.
行善總是具體的、特定的;抽象的、籠統(tǒng)的行善是惡棍、偽君子和獻(xiàn)媚者的托辭。
9.I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.
我只知道所謂道德是指你事后覺(jué)得好的東西,所謂不道德是指你事后覺(jué)得不好的東西。
10.If you would convince others ,you seem open to conviction yourself.
要說(shuō)服別人,先得說(shuō)服自己。
11.If your morals make you dreary. depend upon it, they are wrong.
如果你的品行使你郁郁寡歡,那么,這些品行無(wú)疑是錯(cuò)誤的。
12.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.
一個(gè)有待解決的問(wèn)題是:基于是害怕無(wú)休止的懲罰而產(chǎn)生的行為是被視作有道德的呢,還是應(yīng)該被視作懦弱的?
13.It is not enough to do good; one must do it the right way.
人不僅要做好事,更要以正確的方式做好事。
14.Lying disguises our mortality, our inadequacies, our fears and anxieties, our loneliness in the midst of the crowd.
說(shuō)謊掩蓋了人死的必然性、缺陷、恐懼、焦慮和在熙熙攘攘的人群中所感到的孤獨(dú)。
15.We yearn for the comfort of familiar lies to create a more amenable reality.
耳熟能詳?shù)闹e言會(huì)創(chuàng)造一個(gè)較易應(yīng)付的現(xiàn)實(shí)。 人渴望從這些謊言中得到安慰。
16.Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how we are to be worthy of happiness.
道德確實(shí)不是指導(dǎo)人們?nèi)绾问棺约盒腋5慕虠l,而是指導(dǎo)人們?nèi)绾闻湎碛行腋5膶W(xué)說(shuō)。
17.Morality is the custom of one’s country ;cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country.
道德是一個(gè)人所在國(guó)家的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣:在吃人的國(guó)家里,吃人是合乎道德的。
18.Morality is the herd instinct in the individual.
道德是個(gè)人心目中的群居本能。
19.Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.
道德可能僅僅在于有勇氣作出抉擇。
20.Mutual forgiveness of each vice, such are the gates of Paradise.
相互寬容對(duì)方的缺點(diǎn),乃是通向天堂之門。