The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

对道德家来说,怀着良好的良心实施残忍是一件乐事。这就是他们发明地狱的原因。

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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.

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。

The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.

真正的快乐精神,兴奋,超越自我的感觉,这是最优秀的试金石,在数学和诗歌中都能找到。

It was hell to go through what I went through. I didn't know I had so many friends. Many people gave a damn about my situation. They helped cure me.

我所经历的一切都是地狱。我不知道我有这么多朋友。很多人对我的处境都很关心。他们帮助治愈了我。

He will easily be content and at peace, whose conscience is pure.

问心无愧的人,会很容易地感到满足和平静。

There is delight in singing, though none hear beside the singer.

歌唱是快乐的,虽然除了歌唱的人没有人听见。

Bite off more than you can chew and then chew like hell.

贪多嚼不烂,然后拼命地嚼。