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There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

一个人如果没有舒适的神话的帮助，就不能面对生活的危险，这人有一点软弱和可鄙。

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And what sort of philosophical doctrine is thi - that numbers confer unlimited rights, that they take from some persons all rights over themselves, and vest these rights in others.

这是一种什么样的哲学学说呢?那就是数字赋予人们无限的权利，他们从某些人那里夺走对自己的一切权利，并把这些权利授予其他人。

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None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.

神所造的人，没有一个在本质上是可鄙的;最吝啬的苍蝇，最贫穷的昆虫也有它的用处和生命力。

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We should aim for our children to be good people, and to live ethical lives that manifest concern for others as well as for themselves.

我们的目标应该是让我们的孩子成为好人，过有道德的生活，表现出对他人和自己的关心。

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All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

人类所做的、想过的或曾经做过的一切，都像魔法一样保存在书页之中。

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An act has no ethical quality whatever unless it be chosen out of several all equally possible.

一个行为没有任何道德品质，除非它被从几个同样可能的行为中挑选出来。

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Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.

榜样是人类的学校，他们不会在别的学校学习。

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Might, could, would - they are contemptible auxiliaries.

“可能”、“可能”、“会”——他们是可鄙的帮凶。

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If the world were perfect, it wouldn't be.

如果世界是完美的，它就不会是完美的。

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