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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Basic human contact - the meeting of eyes, the exchanging of words - is to the psyche what oxygen is to the brain. If you're feeling abandoned by the world, interact with anyone you can.

人类最基本的接触——眼神交流、语言交流——对心灵的影响,就像氧气对大脑的影响一样。如果你觉得被这个世界抛弃了,那就和任何你能和他交流的人交流。

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。

Old books that have ceased to be of service should no more be abandoned than should old friends who have ceased to give pleasure.

不再有用的旧书和不再给人带来快乐的老朋友,都不应该被抛弃。

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。

Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

不道德:那些过得更好的人的道德。

I had fought against the unjust restriction of immigration.

我曾与不公正的移民限制作过斗争。

All hope abandon, ye who enter here.

进入这里的人们,请放弃一切希望。

God afflicts, but does not abandon.

神是苦炼人,却不丢弃人。