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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Friendship can only exist between persons with similar interests and points of view. Man and woman by the conventions of society are born with different interests and different points of view.

友谊只能存在于有着相似兴趣和观点的人之间。男人和女人由社会习俗而生,有着不同的兴趣和不同的观点。

There are matters in the Bible, said to be done by the express commandment of God, that are shocking to humanity and to every idea we have of moral justice.

圣经中有一些事情,据说是由上帝明确的命令来完成的,这对人类和我们对道德正义的每一个观念都是令人震惊的。

Give the children an opportunity to make garden. Let them grow what they will. It matters less that they grow good plants than that they try for themselves.

给孩子们做花园的机会。让他们随心所欲地成长。他们为自己种植好植物比种植好植物更重要。

News is something that happens that matters to you, which is not most of what we watch on television.

新闻是发生在你身上的重要事情,而不是我们在电视上看到的大部分。

The moral arc of the universe bends at the elbow of justice.

宇宙的道德弧线在正义的臂弯下弯曲。