The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

美德的名义和伪装对自身利益和真正的罪恶一样有用。

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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

人们常说这个或那个人还没有找到自己。但是自我不是一个人发现的东西,而是一个人创造的东西。

Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

任何形式的上瘾都是不好的,不管上瘾的是酒精、吗啡还是理想主义。