Secrecy is the element of all goodness; even virtue, even beauty is mysterious.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

秘密是一切善良的要素;甚至美德,甚至美丽都是神秘的。

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In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known.

因此,在一种极其平等和美德的状态下,在一种纯粹和简单的礼仪占主导地位的情况下,人类的增长显然将远远超过迄今所知的任何增长。

It's a mystery. That's the first thing that interests me about the idea of God. If there is one, it's mysterious and powerful and awesome to even consider the concept, and you have to take it seriously.

这是一个谜。这是我对上帝的概念感兴趣的第一件事。如果真的有这样一个概念,那么即使是考虑这个概念也会让人感到神秘、强大和敬畏,而且你必须认真对待它。

Europe has what we do not have yet, a sense of the mysterious and inexorable limits of life, a sense, in a word, of tragedy. And we have what they sorely need: a sense of life's possibilities.

欧洲拥有我们尚未拥有的东西,一种神秘而不可抗拒的生命极限的感觉,一句话,一种悲剧的感觉。我们拥有他们迫切需要的东西:对生活的可能性的感知。

In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.

在生活中,我们会发现有许多伟人,也有一些好人,但又伟大又善良的人却寥寥无几。

Secrecy is thus, so to speak, a transition stadium between being and not-being.

因此,可以说,秘密是存在与不存在之间的过渡场。

The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.

保密级别越高,你就会越快报告。

Truth, and goodness, and beauty are but different faces of the same all.

真、善、美不过是同一事物的不同面貌。

Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

没有智慧的善良总是会带来邪恶。