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In social matters, pointless conventions are not merely the bee sting of etiquette, but the snake bite of moral order.

  • -- Florence King 佛罗伦萨国王

在社会事务中，毫无意义的习俗不仅是礼仪的蜜蜂蜇人之痛，也是道德秩序的毒蛇咬人之痛。

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We conceal it from ourselves in vain - we must always love something. In those matters seemingly removed from love, the feeling is secretly to be found, and man cannot possibly live for a moment without it.

我们对自己隐瞒是徒劳的——我们必须永远爱一些东西。在那些似乎与爱无关的事情中，那种感觉是可以偷偷地找到的，没有它，人不可能有片刻的生命。

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If time is money, it seems moral to save time, above all one's own, and such parsimony is excused by consideration for others. One is straight-forward.

如果时间就是金钱，那么节约时间似乎是合乎道德的，尤其是节省自己的时间，而为他人着想可以为这种节俭开脱。一个是直接的。

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Sci-fi conventions are probably the most fun, the most out-of-the-box, entertaining week or weekend you've ever had in your life.

科幻大会可能是你一生中最有趣、最开箱即用、最有趣的一周或周末。

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I'm a very private person, so obviously I don't enjoy talking about more personal matters.

我是个非常注重隐私的人，所以很明显我不喜欢谈论更多的私事。

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I've never lied. I think I've lived a moral life.

我从来没有说谎。我想我过着道德的生活。

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