If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice,why, Sir, when he leaves our houses let us count our spoons.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

如果他真的认为美德和邪恶没有区别,为什么,先生,当他离开我们的房子时,让我们数一数我们的勺子。

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Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war than we know about peace, more about killing than we know about living. We have grasped the mystery of the atom and rejected the Sermon on the Mount.

我们的世界充满了核巨人和道德婴儿。我们对战争的了解多于对和平的了解,对杀戮的了解多于对生活的了解。我们掌握了原子的奥秘,拒绝了登山宝训。

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

最伟大的思想既能成就最大的美德,也能成就最大的罪恶。