No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.

  • -- William Howard Taft 威廉·霍华德·塔夫脱

在人类本性中,没有一种倾向比为他人制定行为准则的愿望更强烈。

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When families are strong and stable, so are children - showing higher levels of wellbeing and more positive outcomes. But when things go wrong - either through family breakdown or a damaged parental relationship - the impact on a child's later life can be devastating.

当家庭变得强大和稳定时,孩子也会变得更加健康和积极。但当事情出错时——无论是由于家庭破裂还是父母关系受损——对孩子未来生活的影响可能是毁灭性的。

It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal.

当然,我们将认识到,人类本性科学的每一项进步,迟早都会直接或间接地促进我们成功地控制人类本性,并将其改变为有利于共同福祉。

What is called an acute knowledge of human nature is mostly nothing but the observer's own weaknesses reflected back from others.

所谓对人性的敏锐认识,基本上只是观察者自身的弱点在他人身上的反映。

A woman is like tea. She will never know how strong she is until she is in hot water.

女人就像茶。除非她遇到麻烦,否则她永远不会知道自己有多坚强。