What makes it so plausible to assume that hypocrisy is the vice of vices is that integrity can indeed exist under the cover of all other vices except this one. Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.

  • -- Hannah Arendt 阿伦特

认为伪善是罪恶的罪恶是如此合情合理的原因在于,除了这一种罪恶外,其他所有罪恶的背后都隐藏着正直。的确,只有犯罪和罪犯才使我们面对极端邪恶的困惑;但是只有伪君子才真正腐败到极点。

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Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.

没有什么比个人责任更能强化判断,更能唤醒良知。

Labor to keep alive in your breast that little spark of celestial fire, called conscience.

努力使你胸中那颗叫做良心的天国之火的小火花继续存在。

Friendship multiplies the good of life and divides the evil.

友谊使生活的美好倍增,使邪恶减半。

Evil was predictable, always painfully expected.

邪恶是可以预测的,总是痛苦地期待着。

Politeness, n: The most acceptable hypocrisy.

礼貌:最能让人接受的虚伪。

Hypocrisy is the outside of cynicism.

虚伪是犬儒主义的外在表现。