A person is born with desires of the eyes and ears, and a liking for beautiful sights and sounds. If he gives way to them, they will lead him to immorality and lack of restriction, and any ritual principles and propriety will be abandoned.

  • -- Xunzi 荀子

一个人生来就有眼睛和耳朵的欲望,喜欢美丽的风景和声音。如果他给他们让路,他们将导致他的不道德和缺乏约束,任何仪式的原则和礼仪将被抛弃。

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We have been abandoned by our own country. And he said, 'Yeah, mama, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on Friday.' And she drowned Friday night.

我们被自己的国家抛弃了。他说,‘是的,妈妈,有人来接你了。星期二有人来接你。星期三有人来接你。星期四有人来接你。星期五有人来接你。星期五晚上她淹死了。

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.

无论邪恶的不道德行为有多大,我们都不能忘记,它并非没有其有益的后果。只有通过极端,人们才能到达智慧和美德的中间道路。

To those supporters who were told that I abandoned them, that is untrue. I abandoned greed, corruption, and compromise, never you, and never the artistic gifts and abilities that sustained me.

对于那些被告知我抛弃了他们的支持者,这是不真实的。我抛弃了贪婪、腐败和妥协,而不是你,也不是支撑我的艺术天赋和能力。

For one cause or another, it has become necessary to impose restrictions upon the use of many commodities, including not a few of the necessities of life.

由于这样或那样的原因,有必要对许多商品的使用加以限制,包括不少生活必需品。

It sounds corny, but I've promised my inner child that never again will I ever abandon myself for anything or anyone else again.

这听起来很老套,但我已经向我内心深处的孩子承诺,我再也不会为了任何事或任何人而放弃自己。

The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them.

事实上,建立读者群并不是一个很好的职业选择,事实上,放弃读者群并不是一个很好的职业选择。

The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

唯一不道德的事,不是在不得已的时候去做必须做的事。

I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration.

我曾与不公正的移民限制作过斗争。