It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

  • -- Charles Simmons 查尔斯·西蒙斯

不能及时说出一个“不”字,然后决定“不”,这既是一种不幸,也是一种极大的不幸。

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When we forgive evil we do not excuse it, we do not tolerate it, we do not smother it. We look the evil full in the face, call it what it is, let its horror shock and stun and enrage us, and only then do we forgive it.

当我们原谅罪恶时,我们不会原谅它,我们不会容忍它,我们不会扼杀它。我们直面邪恶,不管它是什么,让它的恐怖震撼、震撼、激怒我们,只有这样我们才会原谅它。

Reflect upon your present blessings of which every man has many - not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.

想想你现在的幸福,每个人都有很多,而不是想你过去的不幸,每个人都有一些。

If you share a man's wealth, try to lessen his misfortune.

如果你分享一个人的财富,试着减少他的不幸。

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

混淆善恶的人是善的敌人。