To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.

  • -- Maimonides 迈蒙尼德

在完善的法律的全部目的中,有尽可能地放弃、贬低和抑制欲望。

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I thought that by saying no and explaining my reasons my employer would abandon his social suggestions. However, to my regret, in the following few weeks, he continued to ask me out on several occasions.

我认为,通过说“不”并解释我的理由,我的雇主就会放弃他的社交建议。然而,令我遗憾的是,在接下来的几个星期里,他继续几次约我出去。

Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.

生活、不幸、孤独、遗弃、贫穷,都是有英雄的战场;无名英雄,有时比显赫的英雄更伟大。

I am not so different in my history of abandonment from anyone else after all. We have all been split away from the earth, each other, ourselves.

在我被遗弃的历史上,我和其他人并没有什么不同。我们都已从地球上分离出来,彼此分离,也就是我们自己。

Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

永远不要说用武力“做好事”的愿望是一个好的动机。权力欲和愚蠢都不是好的动机。

I think that's what helped us: confidence, respect, the desire to work hard.

我认为这就是帮助我们的:自信、尊重、努力工作的愿望。

A book is never finished; it's abandoned.

一本书永远写不完;这是放弃了。