A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
道德
Ethics
The act of acting morally is behaving as if everything we do matters.
按道德行事的行为就好像我们做的每件事都很重要。
When morality comes up against profit, it is seldom that profit loses.
当道德与利润发生冲突时，利润很少会损失。
The noblest worship is to make yourself as good and as just as you can.
最崇高的敬拜，就是尽你所能把自己做得最好。
The success of any great moral enterprise does not depend upon numbers.
任何伟大的道德事业的成功都不取决于人数。
Belief is a moral act for which the believer is to be held responsible.
信仰是一种道德行为，对其负有责任。
I have my values, and if you don't like them, well I've got some others.
我有自己的价值观，如果你不喜欢，我还有其他的价值观。
The highest form of treason: to do the right thing for the wrong reason.
叛国的最高形式:以错误的理由做正确的事。
We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life
我们将黄金法则铭记于心;现在让我们把它投入生活
The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.
不道德的本质是倾向于对自己破格。
Ethics is not about the way things are, it's about the way they ought to be.
道德不是事物的本来面目，而是它们应该是怎样的。
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
任何道德戒律都有其不便之处。
What is the use of a house if you haven't got a tolerable planet to put it on?
如果你没有一个可以忍受的星球，那么房子有什么用呢?
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
A man without a vote is man without protection.
没有投票权的人就是没有保护的人。
Always do right--this will gratify some and astonish the rest.
永远做正确的事——这会让一些人感到满足，让其他人感到惊讶。
Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how we are to be worthy of happiness.
道德的确不是指导人们如何使自己幸福的学说，而是指导人们如何配享有幸福的学说。
Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.
不断感受成为第一的需要。但我希望你是第一个坠入爱河的人。我希望你在道德上成为第一。我希望你是第一个慷慨大方的人。
What men do matters more than what they know.
男人做什么比他们知道什么更重要。
Public morals are natural complements of all laws: they are by themselves an entire code.
公共道德是一切法律的自然补充:它们本身就是一整套法典。