Fidelity to conscience is inconsistent with retiring modesty. If it be so, let the modesty succumb. It can be only a false modesty which can be thus endangered.

  • -- Harriet Martineau 马蒂诺

对良心的忠诚与隐退的谦虚是不一致的。如果是这样,就让谦虚屈服吧。这可能只是一种虚假的谦虚,因此可能会受到威胁。

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Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.

我们的良心不是永恒真理的容器。它随着我们的社会生活而成长,新的社会条件意味着良心的彻底改变。

Conscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.

良心是完全有教养的,不久就不再同那些不想听良心话的人谈话了。

Humor distorts nothing, and only false gods are laughed off their earthly pedestals.

幽默不会扭曲任何东西,只有假神才会被人从他们尘世的基座上一笑置之。