Now here is a departure from the first principle of true ethics. Here we find ideas of moral wrong and moral right associated with something else than beneficial action. The consequent is, we lose sight of the real basis of morals, and substitute a false one.

  • -- Frances Wright 弗朗西丝·莱特

这与真正道德的第一原则背道而驰。在这里,我们发现道德错误和道德正确的观念与有益行为之外的其他事物有关。其结果是,我们忽视了道德的真正基础,而代之以虚假的基础。

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Fake tan is really difficult to get right. When I was younger, I'd always do it wrong. I'd leave it on and forget to wash it off. So I embrace being pale. I like getting a tan, but I also think that if you're going to do it, it has to be gradual. I just work the pale thing now.

假晒黑真的很难弄对。当我年轻的时候,我总是做错事。我会让它开着,忘记洗掉。所以我拥抱苍白。我喜欢把皮肤晒成古铜色,但我也认为,如果你想做到这一点,就必须循序渐进。我现在只是在做那件苍白的事。

Agency by agency, we frequently have lost a bit of ground, at least to inflation-but had it not been for the efforts we've made to educate people about the importance of science, technology and advanced education, those predictions very well might have come true.

一个机构接一个机构,我们经常失去一些阵地,至少是在通货膨胀面前——但是,如果不是我们努力教育人们科学、技术和高等教育的重要性,这些预测很可能已经成为现实。

Action and reaction, ebb and flow, trial and error, change - this is the rhythm of living. Out of our over-confidence, fear; out of our fear, clearer vision, fresh hope. And out of hope, progress.

行动与反应,潮起潮落,尝试与错误,改变——这就是生活的节奏。出于我们的过分自信、恐惧;走出我们的恐惧,更清晰的视野,新的希望。出于希望,我们取得了进步。

Stop being afraid of what could go wrong and start being positive about what could go right.

不要害怕可能出现的错误,开始积极面对可能出现的正确。

If my real life was half as exciting as what is reported, I would be thrilled.

如果我的真实生活有报道的一半令人兴奋,我会很兴奋。

The hardest thing in life is letting go of something you though was real.

生活中最难的事情就是放弃一些你认为是真实的东西。

He who hath ears to hear, let him hear.

有耳可听的,就应当听。

There is no one true church.

没有一个真正的教会。