A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
邪恶
Evil
Evil is simple and empty. Evil has no mysterious depths. We stare into a dark hole and fill it with our fears, but it is only a hole.
邪恶是简单而空洞的。邪恶没有神秘的深度。我们盯着一个黑洞，用恐惧填满它，但它只是一个洞。
In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of innocent enjoyments.
在避免罪恶的出现方面，我不确定，但有时我不必要地剥夺了自己和他人无辜的快乐。
Money is the root of all evil, and yet it is such a useful root that we cannot get on without it any more than we can without potatoes.
金钱是万恶之源，但它是如此有用的根，没有它我们无法生存，就像没有土豆一样。
There is no such thing as fighting a losing battle with the evil inclination. In that battle, as long as one is fighting, he is winning.
与邪恶的倾向作一场注定失败的战斗是不存在的。在这场战斗中，只要一个人在战斗，他就会胜利。
penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.
思想或观点的穿透力。我们的耳朵，似乎，是惊人地协调嘲笑和邪恶的报告，我们的同胞。
There are two great forces in this world - good and evil; and no man is worth his salt unless he has lost and won battle for a principle.
世界上有两种力量——善和恶;任何人都不值得他的盐，除非他在为一个原则而战的战斗中输了又赢了。
The world is a dangerous place to live, not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don't do anything about it.
世界是一个危险的地方，不是因为人们邪恶，而是因为人们不做任何事情。
When we are not under attack by the evil inclination, we must spend our time building up our defenses in preparation for the next onslaught.
当我们没有受到邪恶倾向的攻击时，我们必须花时间建立防御，为下一次的攻击做准备。
The first thing that a man must realize in respect to the evil inclination, is that he is at war and not the victim of a natural catastrophe.
一个人必须意识到的第一件事，关于邪恶的倾向，是他在战争中，而不是自然灾害的受害者。
We have seen the evil of the manufacture and sale of intoxicating liquors in our midst; let us try prohibition and see what this will do for us.
我们看到了制造和销售令人陶醉的烈酒的罪恶;让我们试试禁酒令，看看它会给我们带来什么。
We commit the sin and assume that all our former good was insincere, hypocritical. There is no greater homage we can pay to the evil inclination.
我们犯了罪，认为我们以前所有的善行都是不真诚、虚伪的。对于这种邪恶的倾向，我们再没有比这更崇高的敬意了。
Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.
人不可自以为行恶就可以得善报，反害自己的性命。对他自己的邪恶影响是肯定的。
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The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.
相信超自然的邪恶根源是没有必要的;只有人类才会做每一件坏事。
For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous creation and therefore continuous change and insecurity.
无论善恶，人是一种自由的创造精神。这就产生了我们所生活的奇怪世界，一个不断创造的世界，一个不断变化和不安全的世界。
He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done.
不惩治罪恶的，就是吩咐行恶。
I venture to prophesy that there lies before us a bitter and an evil time.
我冒昧地预言，摆在我们面前的将是一个痛苦而邪恶的时代。
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
邪恶胜利的唯一必要条件是好人什么也不做。
Evil is the moment when I lack the strength to be true to the Good that compels me.
邪恶是当我缺乏力量去忠实于驱使我的善的时候。