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。

I have always looked after the little things of my business; weightier matters will take care of themselves.

我总是照料我的小事情;更重要的事情会自己解决的。

Psychoanalysis is out, under a therapeutic disguise, to do away entirely with the moral faculty in man.

精神分析学,在治疗的伪装下,是完全消除人的道德能力。

Now, I'm an atheist. I really don't believe for a moment that our moral sense comes from a god.

现在,我是一个无神论者。我真的不相信我们的道德感来自上帝。

I really do the conventions now for two reasons.

我现在做约定有两个原因。

What we do and say and show really matters.

我们做什么、说什么、展示什么真的很重要。