Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.

  • -- Baruch Spinoza 斯宾诺莎

幸福是一种美德,而不是它的回报。

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In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known.

因此,在一种极其平等和美德的状态下,在一种纯粹和简单的礼仪占主导地位的情况下,人类的增长显然将远远超过迄今所知的任何增长。

She had her reward! - that reward of which no enemie could deprive her, which no slanders could make less precious - the eternal reward of knowing that she had done her duty.

她得到了奖赏!这是任何敌人都不能剥夺她的,任何诽谤都不能贬低她的——这是知道她已尽了自己的责任的永恒的奖赏。

I’ll dream up a world where you never existed. A world you could never live in. I’ll live there without you.

我会幻想一个你从未存在过的世界。一个你永远无法生活的世界。没有你我也会住在那里。

Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us.

我们任何人都可以达到美德,如果我们的美德仅仅意味着避免那些吸引我们的恶习。

Doing nothing is happiness for children and misery for old men.

什么都不做对孩子来说是幸福,对老人来说是痛苦。

Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue.

在我们这个时代,没有什么比美德更没有吸引力了。

Peace is the virtue of civilization. War is its crime.

和平是文明的美德。战争是它的罪行。

Only criminals and bloodsuckers reward bad behavior.

只有罪犯和吸血者才会奖励不良行为。