Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

  • -- Blaise Pascal 巴斯卡

的确,满是缺点是一种罪恶;但是,满是幻想却不愿意去认识它们,这是更大的罪恶,因为这是一种自愿性幻想的进一步错误。

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It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

暂时接受较小的恶也许是必要的,但永远不要把必要的恶贴上善的标签。

All the passions make us commit faults; love makes us commit the most ridiculous ones.

所有的激情都使我们犯错误;爱让我们做出最荒唐的事。

Every fool can find faults that a great many wise men can't remedy.

每个傻瓜都能发现许多聪明人无法弥补的错误。

What, man, defy the devil. Consider, he's an enemy to mankind.

什么,老兄,违抗魔鬼。想想看,他是人类的敌人。

If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.

如果我们选择,我们可以生活在一个舒适的幻想世界。

We have an illusion of security, we don't have security.

我们有一种安全感的幻觉,我们没有安全感。