Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.

  • -- Mortimer J. Adler 莫蒂默·杰尔姆·阿德勒

爱在于付出而不求回报;给予别人不欠别人的,别人也不欠你的。这就是为什么真爱从来就不是建立在公平交换的基础上的,就像功利或快乐的联想一样。

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I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise.

我是个功利主义者,所以我不认为反对说谎的规则是绝对的;它总是受制于一些凌驾于它之上的实用程序,这可能会阻止它的运行。

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.

我带着最大的快乐走进他的家门,又带着最大的遗憾离开,他从来没有帮过我一个小小的忙。

Free will is an illusion. People always choose the perceived path of greatest pleasure.

自由意志是一种幻觉。人们总是选择感知到的最大快乐的道路。

God gave me a talent to draw. I 'owed' it to him to develop the talent.

上帝给了我画画的天赋。我“亏欠”他培养了我的才能。

I gave up a lot of things in exchange for my success.

我放弃了很多东西来换取我的成功。

I would never exchange my life with anybody else's.

我永远不会用我的生命去交换别人的生命。