We do not consider patriotism desirable if it contradicts civilized behavior.

  • -- Friedrich Durrenmatt 迪伦马特

如果爱国主义与文明行为相抵触,我们就不认为爱国主义可取。

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The type of fig leaf which each culture employs to cover its social taboos offers a twofold description of its morality. It reveals that certain unacknowledged behavior exists and it suggests the form that such behavior takes.

每种文化都用遮羞布覆盖其社会禁忌,这种遮羞布对其道德有双重描述。它揭示了某些未被承认的行为的存在,并指出了这种行为的形式。

Today's society will ignore almost any form of public behavior except getting in the express line with two extra items.

今天的社会几乎会忽视任何形式的公共行为,除了在特快列车上多带两件物品。

We'll try to cooperate fully with the IRS, because, as citizens, we feel a strong patriotic duty not to go to jail.

我们将努力与国税局充分合作,因为作为公民,我们有强烈的爱国责任不去坐牢。

A writer may tell me that he thinks man will ultimately become an ostrich. I cannot properly contradict him.

一个作家可能会告诉我,他认为人类最终会变成鸵鸟。我不能完全反驳他。

We need a type of patriotism that recognizes the virtues of those who are opposed to us.

我们需要一种爱国主义,承认那些反对我们的人的优点。