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。

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.

工作总是干扰快乐——但它使其他快乐成为可能。

I will cling to the old rugged cross, And exchange it some day for a crown.

我要紧紧抓住这古老的十字架,总有一天用它来换一顶王冠。

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。

Work is the meat of life, pleasure the dessert.

工作是生活的食粮,娱乐是生活的甜点。