If you want to study the social and political history of modern nations, study hell.

  • -- Thomas Merton 托马斯·默顿

如果你想研究现代国家的社会和政治史,那就去研究地狱吧。

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To recover a spiritual tradition in which creation, and the study of creation, matters would be to inaugurate new possibilities between spirituality and science that would shape the paradigms for culture, its institution, and its people.

恢复一种精神传统,在这种精神传统中,创造和对创造的研究是至关重要的,这将开创精神和科学之间的新可能性,从而形成文化、制度和人民的范例。

But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?

但是,当人类的自由引起了开明人士的注意,并得到了所有文明国家慷慨大方的感情时,我们难道不能问问这种自由是否得到了正确的理解吗?

The science of morality is about maximizing psychological and social health. It's really no more inflammatory than that.

道德科学是关于最大化心理和社会健康。真的没有比这更刺激的了。

It is extraordinary to have time to again study Le nozze di Figaro and discover new things.

有时间再次研究费加罗的作品并发现新事物,这是非同寻常的。

When red-haired people are above a certain social grade their hair is auburn.

当红头发的人超过一定的社会等级时,他们的头发是赤褐色的。

I wanted to tell you all my secrets, but you became one of them instead.

我本想告诉你我所有的秘密,但你却成了其中之一。

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

文明国家的主要商业活动是金钱,而不是道德。

What the hell is wrong with me? My mom and dad weren't perfect.

我到底怎么了?我的父母并不完美。

I'm nice. I love people. I love kids; I want kids of my own.

我好了。我爱的人。我爱孩子;我想要自己的孩子。

Bloody hell, Ma'am, what's he doing in here?

该死的,夫人,他在这里干什么?