To set up as a standard of public morality a notion which can neither be defined nor conceived is to open the door to every kind of tyranny.

  • -- Simone Weil 西蒙娜·韦伊

把一个既不能定义也不能设想的概念作为公共道德的标准,就等于打开了每一种暴政的大门。

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The worst thing about war was the sitting around and wondering what you were doing morally.

战争最糟糕的地方就是坐在那里,不知道自己在道德上做了什么。

A dog's nose and a maid's knees are always cold.

狗的鼻子和女仆的膝盖总是冰凉的。