It is not the punishment but the cause that makes the martyr.

  • -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁

使人成为烈士的不是惩罚而是事业。

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The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

一般人天生容易受恐惧而不是敬畏所左右,不作恶而不是因为作恶所带来的惩罚而不是因为作恶本身的肮脏。

No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined.

世界上没有任何一项运动像棒球那样干净利落、引人注目,其因果、犯罪与惩罚、动机与结果都被如此清晰地定义。

Without knowing the cause of illness, any treatment must be considered a guess.

在不知道病因的情况下,任何治疗都只能算是猜测。

It is the cause and not the death that makes the martyr.

使殉道者成为烈士的是事业,而不是死亡。

If I can raise attention to a cause, I will.

如果我能引起人们对某项事业的关注,我会的。