Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

  • -- Robert G. Ingersoll 格索

幸福不是奖赏,而是结果。痛苦不是惩罚,而是结果。

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Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.

很少有人能称得上具有无可比拟的优点。让我们看看他们从幼年到成年的成长过程,我们很快就会相信,他们所取得的成就是他们所追求的事业和所使用的手段的必然结果。

We are born knowing nothing and with much striving we learn but a little; yet all the while we are bound by laws that hearken to no plea of ignorance, and measure out their rewards and punishments with calm indifference.

我们生来什么都不知道,经过努力,我们学到的只是一点点;然而,我们始终受到法律的约束,这些法律不听任何无知的辩解,以平静的冷漠来衡量它们的奖惩。

We are so obsessed with doing that we have no time and no imagination left for being. As a result, men are valued not for what they are but for what they do or what they have - for their usefulness.

我们是如此痴迷于做,我们没有时间和想象力留下。因此,人们看重的不是他们是什么样的人,而是他们所做的或所拥有的——以及他们的有用性。

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

惩罚也许能使我们服从上帝给我们的命令,但充其量也只能教会我们服从权威,而不是增强我们自尊的自我控制。

To my thinking, this: That the Priestly Code rests upon the result which is only the aim of Deuteronomy.

在我看来,祭司的法典是建立在结果之上的,这也是申命记的唯一目的。

When you play, you may break your head.

当你玩的时候,你可能会打破你的头。