The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

  • -- Menander 梅南德

恶的首要开端是过分的善。

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It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

认为自己伟大而无良是大错特错的,我可以肯定地说,没有一个真正伟大的人同时不具有真正的美德。

Goodness is achieved not in a vacuum, but in the company of other men, attended by love.

美德不是在真空中获得的,而是在有爱相伴的人群中获得的。

Most of the evil in this world is done by people with good intentions.

这个世界上大多数的罪恶都是出于善意的。

The sun also shines on the wicked.

恶人必被日头光照。