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To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.

  • -- William Penn 威廉·佩恩

为了善而作恶，这不仅是道德上的错误，也是政治上的错误。

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We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all [people] and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having.

我们已经学会说，只有把善扩展到整个社会，才能使任何一个人或任何一个阶层得到保障。但是，我们还没有学会给这句话加上一句:除非所有的人、所有的阶级都为一件好事做出贡献，否则我们甚至不能肯定它是否值得拥有。

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The evil inclination occasionally allows us to be tempted and not to fall, so that we may allow ourselves to be tempted even further and fall even deeper.

邪恶的倾向有时允许我们被试探而不堕落，因此我们可能允许自己被试探得更远，堕落得更深。

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You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.

你不能让自己感觉一些你感觉不到的东西，但你可以让自己做正确的事，不管你的感觉如何。

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No evil dooms us hopelessly except the evil we love, and desire to continue in, and make no effort to escape from.

没有一种邪恶会绝望地毁灭我们，除非我们热爱邪恶，并且渴望继续下去，不做任何努力去摆脱它。

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I have never known much good done by those who affected to trade for the public good.

我从来没有听说过那些为了公众利益而影响交易的人做了多少好事。

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Repose is a good thing, but boredom is its brother

休息是一件好事，但无聊是它的兄弟

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