All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

  • -- Iris Murdoch 默多克

所有的艺术都是一种挣扎,以一种特殊的方式,成为有道德的人。

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The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient reason to withdraw from the contest.

奋斗总是值得的,只要目标值得,手段值得;预先知道失败不是退出比赛的充分理由。

We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.

我们只能把自己的罪恶写得很好,因为我们很难回忆起一件善行,甚至是善恶动机的结果。

The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self.

内心生活的文学很大程度上是与社会自我的过分激情斗争的记录。

The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so.

最贤惠的人是那些满足于自己的贤惠而不刻意表现出来的人。