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I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise.

  • -- Peter Albert David Singer 彼得·艾伯特·大卫·辛格

我是个功利主义者，所以我不认为反对说谎的规则是绝对的;它总是受制于一些凌驾于它之上的实用程序，这可能会阻止它的运行。

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One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.

历史上最惨痛的教训之一是:如果我们被愚弄的时间足够长，我们往往会拒绝任何有关这种欺骗的证据。竹竿把我们捉住了。一旦你让一个骗子控制了你，你几乎永远不会再得到它。

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Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.

爱在于付出而不求回报;给予别人不欠别人的，别人也不欠你的。这就是为什么真爱从来就不是建立在公平交换的基础上的，就像功利或快乐的联想一样。

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Freedom is not given to us by anyone; we have to cultivate it ourselves. It is a daily practice... No one can prevent you from being aware of each step you take or each breath in and breath out.

自由不是任何人给我们的;我们必须自己培养它。这是每天的练习……没有人能阻止你意识到你的每一步或每一次吸气和呼气。

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Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.

相对主义不是冷漠;相反，为了不让你听到反对你绝对命令的声音，你必须充满热情地漠不关心。

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To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

要抵抗老年的寒冷，就必须把身体、思想和心灵结合起来。为了保持这些活力，我们必须锻炼、学习和热爱。

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Those in possession of absolute power can not only prophesy and make their prophecies come true, but they can also lie and make their lies come true.

那些拥有绝对权力的人不仅可以预言并使他们的预言成真，而且他们还可以说谎并使他们的谎言成真。

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There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.

喝酒有两个原因:一是当你渴的时候，要把它治好;另一种，当你不渴的时候，防止它。

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So being present becomes more and more the exercise the older you get.

所以随着年龄的增长，活在当下变得越来越像一种锻炼。

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Falsehood never tires of going round about.

谎言永不厌倦四处传播。

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Saving a life overrides territories.

拯救生命超越疆域。

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