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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You see, I have in my teaching - I always say I've done it for a hundred years and have had thousands of students - I have always spoken against just falling onto your knees for so-called accidents, I mean a result you are not responsible for.

你看,在我的教学中——我总是说我已经做了一百年了,我有成千上万的学生——我总是说,不要因为所谓的意外事故而跪倒在地,我的意思是说,你不必为此负责。

God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer.

只有那些承认上帝可能不存在的人,上帝才不再是上帝,而这种观念本身就是他们所能承受的最严厉的惩罚。

That the saints may enjoy their beatitude and the grace of God more abundantly they are permitted to see the punishment of the damned in hell.

为了使圣徒能更充分地享受他们的福乐和上帝的恩典,他们被允许看到地狱中被诅咒者的惩罚。

The results of political changes are hardly ever those which their friends hope or their foes fear.

政治变革的结果几乎从来都不是他们的朋友所希望的,也不是他们的敌人所害怕的。

The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.

一个人的掌声是很重要的。

The jar broke and the wine spilled.

罐子破了,酒洒了出来。