A man, to be greatly good, must imagine intensely and comprehensively; he must put himself in the place of another and of many others; the pains and pleasures of his species must become his own.

  • -- Percy Bysshe Shelley 珀西·比西·雪莱

一个人要想成为伟大的好人,就必须有强烈而全面的想象;他必须把自己放在别人和许多其他人的位置上;人类的痛苦和快乐必须成为人类自己的。

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We can continue to learn generation after generation and now is time to begin to learn how to love in a non-discriminatory way because we are intelligent enough, but we are not loving enough as a species.

我们可以一代又一代地继续学习,现在是时候开始学习以一种非歧视性的方式去爱了,因为我们足够聪明,但作为一个物种,我们的爱还不够。

No man or woman of the humblest sort can really be strong, gentle and good, without the world being better for it, without somebody being helped and comforted by the very existence of that goodness.

没有一个男人或女人,即使是最卑微的人,如果没有这个世界变得更美好,没有一个人能真正变得坚强、温柔和善良,没有一个人能因为这个善良的存在而得到帮助和安慰。

Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

对动物的同情与善良的性格密切相关;可以肯定地说,虐待动物的人不可能是好人。

Imaginary pains are by far the most real we suffer, since we feel a constant need for them and invent them because there is no way of doing without them.

到目前为止,想象中的痛苦是我们所遭受的最真实的痛苦,因为我们不断地感到需要它们,并创造它们,因为没有它们就没有办法。

Sometimes I scare myself at how easily I slip inside my mind and live vicariously through these characters.

有时候,我很容易就会把自己吓到,因为我很容易就会潜入自己的内心,通过这些角色来实现自己的想法。

Throw moderation to the winds, and the greatest pleasures bring the greatest pains.

放纵自己,最大的快乐带来最大的痛苦。

There is only one valid species of voyage, which is walk towards the men.

只有一种有效的旅行方式,那就是走向人类。

In the end, some of your greatest pains, become your greatest strengths.

最后,一些你最大的痛苦,变成了你最大的力量。

Since you can't copy our pleasures, you begrudge them.

既然你不能复制我们的快乐,你就嫉妒它们。

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly.

那些敢于悲惨失败的人能取得伟大的成就。

The rumors of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

我的死讯被大大夸大了。

Writer's block is only a failure of the ego.

作家的障碍只是自我的失败。