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I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

  • -- Jane Austen 简·奥斯汀

我一生都是一个自私的人，在实践上，虽然在原则上不是。

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When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.

当与你内心深处的信念背道而驰的原则开始赢得胜利的那一天，那么战斗就是你的使命，和平已成为罪恶。你必须以最宝贵的和平为代价，用你全部的信心之火，把你的信念暴露在朋友和敌人面前。

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Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it.

你的任务不是去寻找爱，而仅仅是寻找并发现你内心所筑起的所有障碍。

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All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles.

人类所有伟大的事业都是在绝对原则的名义下完成的。

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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

礼貌只是一般自私的表面现象。

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Habit, if not resisted, soon becomes necessity.

习惯如果不加以抵制，很快就会变成必需。

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He draws water over his own rice field.

他在自己的稻田上引水。

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I am not a creature of habit.

我不是一个习惯的动物。

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