As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.

  • -- Christopher Dawson 克里斯多夫·道森

一旦人们决定所有的手段都可以用来对抗邪恶,那么他们的善就和他们想要消灭的邪恶没有什么区别了。

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With several different kinds of poetry to choose from, a man would decide that he would like best to be an epic poet, and he would set out, in conscious determination, on an epic poem.

有好几种不同的诗歌可供选择,一个人会决定他最喜欢做一个史诗诗人,他会有意识地下定决心,开始写一首史诗。

I carried out my orders until arrested. I had no sense that I was spying, and I ask that this be taken into account in deciding my verdict.

我执行命令直到被捕。我没有意识到我在从事间谍活动,我要求在决定我的判决时考虑到这一点。

When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out.

当任何人有能力在几小时内毁灭整个人类时,这就成了一个道德问题。教会必须大声疾呼。

We can't destroy the inequities between men and women until we destroy marriage.

我们不能破坏男女之间的不平等,除非我们破坏婚姻。

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.

永远不要和那些按桶买墨水的人打架。

O eggs, never fight with stones!

鸡蛋啊,千万别和石头打架!