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Society exists for the benefit of its members, not the members for the benefit of society.
社会为其成员的利益而存在,而不是成员为社会的利益而存在。
— Herbert Spencer 赫伯特·斯宾塞
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更多好句 ↗There are pretenders to piety as well as to courage.
有人假装虔诚,也有人假装勇敢。
Moliere
莫里哀
We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve.
在大多数情况下,我们不知道社会上的失败和成功在多大程度上是由遗传造成的,又在多大程度上是由环境造成的。但是环境是两者中比较容易改善的。
J. B. S. Haldane
约翰·伯顿·桑德森·霍尔丹
Love is the crowning grace of humanity, the holiest right of the soul, the golden link which binds us to duty and truth, the redeeming principle that chiefly reconciles the heart to life, and is prophetic of eternal good.
爱是人类至高无上的恩典,是灵魂最神圣的权利,是将我们与责任和真理联系在一起的黄金纽带,是使心灵与生活协调一致、预示永恒美好的救赎原则。
Francesco Petrarca
彼特拉克
A man's character may be learned from the adjectives which he habitually uses in conversation.
一个人的性格可以从他在谈话中习惯使用的形容词中学到。
Mark Twain
马克·吐温
We never know the journey another person has walked, so be kind to everyone.
我们永远不知道别人走过的路,所以要善待每一个人。
Lynette Mather
勒奈特·马瑟
The whole idea of compassion is based on a keen awareness of the interdependence of all these living beings, which are all part of one another, and all involved in one another
慈悲的整个理念是建立在对所有这些生命的相互依赖的敏锐意识之上的,这些生命都是彼此的一部分,并且都参与到彼此之中
Thomas Merton
托马斯·默顿