That thing of hell and eternal punishment is the most absurd, as well as the most disagreeable thought that ever entered into the head of mortal man.

  • -- George Berkeley 乔治伯克利

地狱和永恒的惩罚是人类头脑中最荒谬、最令人不快的想法。

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If a weakly mortal is to do anything in the world besides eat the bread thereof, there must be a determined subordination of the whole nature to the one aim no trifling with time, which is passing, with strength which is only too limited.

如果一个虚弱的凡人想要在这个世界上做任何事情,除了吃面包,就必须有一个坚定的服从于一个目标的整体本性,而不是与时间无关,时间是流逝的,力量是有限的。

A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.

我认为,通过把事物想象成从一个永恒的外部世界进入时间的洪流,而不是把时间看作是吞噬一切的暴君,才能获得一个更真实的世界形象。

No game in the world is as tidy and dramatically neat as baseball, with cause and effect, crime and punishment, motive and result, so cleanly defined.

世界上没有任何一项运动像棒球那样干净利落、引人注目,其因果、犯罪与惩罚、动机与结果都被如此清晰地定义。

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

人不可自以为行恶就可以得善报,反害自己的性命。对他自己的邪恶影响是肯定的。

Unless each man produces more than he receives, increases his output, there will be less for him than all the others.

除非每个人的产出都超过他所获得的,增加他的产出,否则他的产出就会比其他人少。

The thinker dies, but his thoughts are beyond the reach of destruction. Men are mortal; but ideas are immortal.

思想家死了,但他的思想却无法毁灭。男人是致命的;但思想是不朽的。

A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.

对一些人的惩罚,对一些人的礼物,对许多人的恩惠。