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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It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page.

在我看来,那些曾经很好的歌曲,我与它们的创作没有多大关系。这些话刚刚从我的袖子里爬了出来。

Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.

不断感受成为第一的需要。但我希望你是第一个坠入爱河的人。我希望你在道德上成为第一。我希望你是第一个慷慨大方的人。

It was a good game for us. We had a young pitcher on the mound and it was good to have him pitch against a team like South Shore.

这对我们来说是一场好比赛。我们有一个年轻的投手在投手丘上,能让他和像南岸这样的球队比赛真是太好了。

It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

孤独是好的,因为孤独是困难的;有些事情是困难的,这一定是我们做这件事的一个原因。

A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.

不把一件事想错的长期习惯使它表面上看起来是对的。

Evil is like water, it abounds, is cheap, soon fouls, but runs itself clear of taint.

邪恶就像水,它丰富,便宜,很快就会被污染,但它自己却没有污染。