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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Ideal conversation must be an exchange of thought, and not, as many of those who worry most about their shortcomings believe, an eloquent exhibition of wit or oratory.

理想的谈话必须是思想的交流,而不是像许多最担心自己缺点的人所认为的那样,是机智或雄辩的表现。

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。

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。

Don't exchange what you want most... for what you want at the moment.

不要交换你最想要的…为了你此刻想要的。

Pleasure does not equal happiness; it's part of happiness.

快乐不等于幸福;这是幸福的一部分。

Remorse, the fatal egg that pleasure laid.

悔恨是快乐下下的致命的蛋。