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What we call "morals" is simply blind obedience to words of command.
我们所谓的“道德”只不过是盲目服从命令。
— Havelock Ellis 霭理士
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更多好句 ↗The testimony of a good conscience is the good man’s glory.
良善的良心是好人的荣耀。
Thomas a Kempis
金碧士
If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.
如果我们对自己完全诚实,每个人的性格都有阴暗的一面。
Isabella Rossellini
伊莎贝拉·罗塞利尼
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
只有当我们敢于冒险时,我们的生活才会变得更好——而我们能承担的第一个也是最难的风险就是对自己诚实。
Walter Anderson
沃尔特·安德森
Law is stable; the societies we are speaking of are progressive. The greater or less happiness of a people depends on the degree of promptitude with which the gulf is narrowed.
法律是稳定的;我们所说的社会是进步的。一个民族的幸福或多或少取决于缩小鸿沟的快速性。
Henry James Sumner Maine
亨利·詹姆斯·萨姆纳·缅因州
What you dislike in another take care to correct in yourself.
别人身上你不喜欢的地方,自己身上也要注意改正。
Thomas Sprat
斯普拉特
It is not wealth one asks for, but just enough to preserve one's dignity, to work unhampered, to be generous, frank and independent.
一个人所要求的并不是财富,而是足以维护他的尊严、不受束缚地工作、慷慨、坦率和独立。
W. Somerset Maugham
威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆