优文网

Men value things in three ways: as useful, as pleasant or sources of pleasure, and as excellent, or as intrinsically admirable or honorable.

  • -- Mortimer J. Adler 莫蒂默·杰尔姆·阿德勒

人们以三种方式来评价事物:有用的、令人愉快的或快乐的来源、优秀的、或本质上令人钦佩的或光荣的。

标签

Excellent Three Admirable Sources Honorable Useful Pleasant

相关名言

It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think we accept different sources of authority. ... And people can establish credibility on their own say-so as long as nobody follows the trail and calls them out on it.

过去，我们在争论的基本事实上存在分歧，我们对这些事实有不同的看法。现在我认为我们接受不同的权力来源。而且人们可以建立起自己的信誉——只要没有人跟踪这条路，并在这条路上大声疾呼。

阅读 +

Most people have excellent necks. Now they cover them with curtains, which is kind of ridiculous. But there are some beautiful necklines that you can cut into and create wonderful backs, as well as bone structure for the face.

大多数人都有很好的脖子。现在他们用窗帘盖住它们，这有点可笑。但也有一些美丽的领口，你可以剪开，创造出美妙的背部，以及面部的骨骼结构。

阅读 +

When you're a houseguest and you leave, it's nice to straighten something up or send your hosts a useful gift. And when you leave the planet, it's nice to have made a positive contribution.

当你作为客人离开时，整理一下东西或者送主人一份有用的礼物是很好的。当你离开这个星球时，能做出积极的贡献是件好事。

阅读 +

The first time I read an excellent work, it is to me just as if I gained a new friend; and when I read over a book I have perused before, it resembles the meeting of an old one.

我第一次读到一本优秀的作品，对我来说就像交了一个新朋友;当我读一本我以前读过的书时，它就像一本旧书的相遇。

阅读 +

An activist is one who is actively involved in creating community, whether that is locally in their neighborhood or internationally. It is an admirable quality.

积极分子是积极参与创建社区的人，无论社区是在当地还是在国际上。这是一种令人钦佩的品质。

阅读 +

No voice teacher can be all things to all people. You have to gain information from whatever sources you can. You have to listen.

没有一个声乐老师能做到面面俱到。你必须从任何可能的来源获得信息。你必须倾听。

阅读 +

It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.

这是我热切的愿望和最大的野心，我留下了一些有用的指示，为钢琴家在我之后的工作。

阅读 +

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

升为宝座，比生在宝座上更尊贵。福兮福所倚，福兮福所倚。

阅读 +

The familiar material objects may not be all that is real, but they are admirable examples.

熟悉的实物可能并不都是真实的，但它们都是令人钦佩的例子。

阅读 +

I don't want three million people digesting my private life over their cornflakes.

我不想让三百万人在他们的玉米片上消化我的私人生活。

阅读 +

I'm not into watching stuff I did last week, let alone three or four years ago.

我不喜欢看我上周做的东西，更不用说三四年前了。

阅读 +

Do unto yourself as your neighbors do unto themselves and look pleasant.

你待自己要像你的邻舍待自己一样，并且要使人喜悦。

阅读 +

I think service is honorable, and that was always inculcated in me.

我认为服务是光荣的，这一直在我心中灌输。

阅读 +

There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.

也许有好的婚姻，但没有幸福的婚姻。

阅读 +

热门话题