Possession without obligation to the object possessed approaches felicity.

  • -- George Meredith 梅瑞狄斯

对拥有的对象不负有义务的占有接近幸福。

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To be rich in admiration and free from envy, to rejoice greatly in the good of others, to love with such generosity of heart that your love is still a dear possession in absence or unkindness these are the gifts which money cannot buy.

要有丰富的赞美和不嫉妒,要为别人的好处而欢欣鼓舞,要有一颗慷慨的心去爱,即使你不在或不友善,你的爱仍然是珍贵的财产,这些都是金钱买不到的礼物。

Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.

当然,这就是为什么你想成为一名作家——因为你有这样做的自由,但一旦你有了自由,你也有义务去做。

We not only have a legal obligation to honor our commitments, we have a moral obligation to provide the coverage we promised to provide to these people.

我们不仅有法律义务履行我们的承诺,我们还有道德义务为这些人提供我们承诺提供的保险。

The possession of arbitrary power has always, the world over, tended irresistibly to destroy humane sensibility, magnanimity, and truth.

在世界范围内,拥有专断的权力总是不可抗拒地破坏人类的感性、宽宏大量和真理。