1.If you would convince others ,you seem open to conviction yourself.
要說服別人,先得說服自己。
2.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,這些品行無疑是錯(cuò)誤的。
3.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)有待解決的問題是:基于是害怕無休止的懲罰而產(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?
4.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。
5.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.
說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)。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。
6.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。
7.Morality is the custom of one's country ;cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country.
道德是一個(gè)人所在國家的風(fēng)俗習(xí)慣:在吃人的國家里,吃人是合乎道德的。
8.Morality is the herd instinct in the individual.
道德是個(gè)人心目中的群居本能。
9.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。
10.Mutual forgiveness of each vice, such are the gates of Paradise.
相互寬容對方的缺點(diǎn),乃是通向天堂之門。
11.No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authouity were divine.
道德不可能建立在權(quán)威的基礎(chǔ)上,即使這種權(quán)威是至高無上的。
12.Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.
生活只是由一系列下決心的努力所構(gòu)成的。
13.Live as though you intend to live forever, and work as though your strength were limit less.
要這樣生活,仿佛你壽命永恒;要這樣工作,仿佛你精力無窮。
14.Other man live to eat, while I eat to live.
別人為食而生存,我為生存而食。
15.Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
生活是一種藝術(shù),要在不充足的前提下得出充足的結(jié)論。
16.Life is not all beer and skittles.
人生并非只是吃喝玩樂。
17.For man is man and master of his fate.
人就是人,是自己命運(yùn)的主人。
18.The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved.
生活中最大的幸福是堅(jiān)信有人愛我們。
19.Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.
生活中沒有什么可怕的東西,只有需要理解的東西。
20.Life is a leaf of paper white, thereon each of us may write his word or two.
生活是一張白紙,每個(gè)人都在上面寫上自己的一兩句話。