In doing what we ought we deserve no praise, because it is our duty.

  • -- Saint Aurelius Augustine 圣奥勒留奥古斯丁

做我们应该做的事,我们不值得称赞,因为这是我们的责任。

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My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

我的观察是,只要有一个人被发现能胜任某项工作,……两个人做的效果更差,如果三个或更多的人同时做的话,效果就更差了。

It may seem a hard task to condemn fellow creatures to long years of confinement in prison, but it is not so hard if they clearly deserve it.

让其他动物在监狱里被囚禁多年似乎是一项艰巨的任务,但如果它们确实罪有应得,那就没那么难了。

The worst of doing one's duty was that it apparently unfitted one for doing anything else.

尽到自己职责的最糟糕之处在于,它显然不适合做任何其他事情。

Be friendly to everyone. Those who deserve it the least need it the most.

对每个人都友好。那些最不配得到它的人最需要它。