The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

  • -- Paul Ricoeur 保罗·利科

道德律要求我们把世界上可能达到的最高善作为我们一切行为的最终目标。

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The world is well supplied with rude people spouting high moral positions about human rights, but it is noticeably lacking in those who worry about the human being waiting in line behind them at the automated-teller machine while they balance their heckbooks.

世界上到处都是粗鲁无礼的人,他们滔滔不绝地高谈阔论人权问题的道德立场,但那些担心自己身后的人在自动柜员机前排队,而自己却在权衡利弊的人却明显寥寥无几。

We ought always to deal justly, not only with those who are just to us, but likewise to those who endeavor to injure us; and this, for fear lest by rendering them evil for evil, we should fall into the same vice.

我们不仅应该公正地对待那些对我们公正的人,而且应该公正地对待那些试图伤害我们的人;我们也要这样行,恐怕他们以恶报恶,我们就和他们一样有恶报。

The law of the Creator, which invests every human being with an inalienable title to freedom, cannot be repealed by any interior law which asserts that man is property.

造物主的法律赋予每个人不可剥夺的自由权利,任何声称人是财产的内部法律都不能废除它。

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.

我的第一个任务是写一个扣人心弦的故事。第二,传达可信的人物形象,让你感受到他们的感受。只有第三个想法。

It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

这是一件奇怪的事情……每一种信仰都承诺有一个天堂,绝对不适合任何有文明品味的人居住。

Lawyers are very, very good at keeping you out of prison, but they will sacrifice your reputation and credibility to do so.

律师非常非常擅长让你免于牢狱之苦,但他们会牺牲你的名誉和信誉。

Just because something good ends doesn't mean something better won't begin.

好的结局并不意味着更好的不会开始。

Doctors have an ethical duty to follow the practices and standards of care.

医生有道德上的责任遵守护理的惯例和标准。

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

如果我能阻止一颗心的破碎,我就不会白活。

Go put your creed into the deed,Nor speak with double tongue.

你要将你的信立在行为上,也不要说恶言。

It is better to exist unknown to the law.

不为法律所知的存在是好的。

There are no creeds in mathematics.

数学中没有信条。