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It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

这是魔鬼有时对善良的人所采取的一种报复，他以他们所压抑的、自以为高人一等的激情的力量把他们迷住了。

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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.

一个人如果在私生活中没有高尚的情操，那么他就会，或者很快就会，对他的国家失去所有的尊重。很少有一个人因为背叛祖国而感到内疚，他以前从未在私人关系中丧失过道德义务的感觉。

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People desire power. I don't know why they want it so. It seems to me it implies a hugely superior intellect which separates them from most of the populace.

人的欲望的力量。我不知道他们为什么这么想。在我看来，这意味着他们拥有超群的智慧，而正是这种智慧将他们与大多数民众区分开来。

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They who are of the opinion that Money will do everything, may very well be suspected to do everything for Money.

那些认为金钱万能的人，很可能会被怀疑为金钱而不择手段。

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Powerful states can maintain themselves only by crime, little states are virtuous only by weakness.

强大的国家只能靠犯罪来维持自己，弱小的国家只有靠软弱才有美德。

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We get very set in our ways and it's sometimes hard to look beyond what else is out there.

我们已经习惯了自己的生活方式，有时很难超越现有的一切。

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I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.

我目睹过成千上万的优秀运动员试图成为击球手，却以失败告终。

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