When a man sees something desirable, he must reflect on the fact that with time it could come to involve what is detestable. When he sees something that is beneficial, he should reflect that sooner or later it, too, could come to involve harm.

  • -- Xunzi 荀子

当一个人看到他想要的东西时,他必须思考这样一个事实:随着时间的推移,它可能涉及到可憎的东西。当他看到有益的事情时,他应该意识到迟早它也会带来危害。

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As long as women are in the work force making their own money and decisions, men are going to have to realize that this way of life is here to stay - because it takes two incomes to make it and more now. The sooner you address your style of saving and spending with your mate the better off your relationship will be.

只要女性还在劳动大军中,自己挣钱,自己做决定,男性就必须意识到这种生活方式是存在的——因为它需要两份甚至更多的收入才能实现。你越早处理好你和伴侣的储蓄和消费方式,你们的关系就会越好。

It's a pity that if someone who has a really profoundly potent art to share chooses not to or doesn't fit into this very thin slice of what's desirable and marketable, chances are the public will never get a chance to hear what they're doing.

遗憾的是,如果一个人拥有一门真正具有深远影响力的艺术去分享,却选择不去分享,或者不适合分享这门极具吸引力和市场价值的艺术,那么公众可能永远都没有机会听到他们在做什么。

Once you have mastered time, you will understand how true it is that most people overestimate what they can accomplish in a year - and underestimate what they can achieve in a decade!

一旦你掌握了时间,你就会明白,大多数人高估了他们一年能完成的事情,而低估了他们十年能完成的事情。

When you locate good in yourself, approve of it with determination. When you locate evil in yourself, despise it as something detestable.

当你发现自己的优点时,要坚定地赞同它。当你发现自己有邪恶时,把它当作可憎的东西来鄙视。

There never was and is not likely soon to be a nation of philosophers, nor am I certain it is desirable that there should be.

过去从来没有,现在也不太可能很快就会出现一个哲学家的国家,我也不确定是否应该出现这样一个国家。

I think we have a moral obligation to our children that can be easily summarized: number one, protect them from harm.

我认为我们对孩子有一种道德上的责任,可以很容易地总结为:第一,保护他们免受伤害。

We may sooner be brought to love them that hate us, than them that love us more than we would have them do.

我们也许会更早地爱上那些恨我们的人,而不是那些爱我们超过我们所希望的人。

Sometimes the people who mean you harm, are the ones that say they love you.

有时候那些想伤害你的人,其实是那些说爱你的人。

You can't look forward and backward at the same time.

你不能同时向前看和向后看。