One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

  • -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 利希滕贝格

人们可能会把习惯称为道德摩擦:一种阻止思维掠过事物,但又将其与之联系起来,使其难以摆脱的东西。

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We as a Congress have a moral obligation to bring justice to the families of these victims. Furthermore, as a society based on laws, we have a responsibility to ensure that criminals don't go unpunished.

作为国会,我们有道义上的责任为这些受害者的家属伸张正义。此外,作为一个以法律为基础的社会,我们有责任确保罪犯不会逍遥法外。

Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.

每一个战胜诱惑的人都代表着一种新的道德能量。在正确的精神中经受和经受的每一次考验都会使一个灵魂比以前更高尚、更坚强。

Our lives are like soap operas. We can go for months and not tune into them, then six months later we look in and the same stuff is going on.

我们的生活就像肥皂剧。我们可以几个月不去关注他们,六个月后我们再去看,同样的事情还在发生。

Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

变老只不过是一个忙碌的人没有时间养成的坏习惯。

If there were genders to genres, fiction would be unquestionably feminine.

如果体裁有性别之分,小说无疑会是女性化的。