A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
人类本性
Human Nature
Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice.
人类的本性必须比现在或未来许多代人更接近完美，才能排除这种控制偏见、自私、野心和不公。
There is so much of good in human nature that men grow to like each other upon better acquaintance, and this points to another way in which we may strive to promote the peace of the world.
人性中有很多美好的东西，人们越了解彼此就越喜欢对方，这为我们提供了另一种途径，我们可以努力促进世界的和平。
The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.
那件刻着你名字的小玩意。是由一个特殊的事实引起的;但是，让人性蒙羞的是，这个话题的普遍性足以引起每一颗心的兴趣，而不是完全无法理解。
To the intelligent man with an interest in human nature it must often appear strange that so much of the energy of the scientific world has been spent on the study of the body and so little on the study of the mind.
对于一个对人性感兴趣的聪明人来说，科学界把如此多的精力花在对身体的研究上，而对心灵的研究却如此之少，这一定常常显得很奇怪。
It will, of course, be understood that directly or indirectly, soon or late, every advance in the sciences of human nature will contribute to our success in controlling human nature and changing it to the advantage of the common weal.
当然，我们将认识到，人类本性科学的每一项进步，迟早都会直接或间接地促进我们成功地控制人类本性，并将其改变为有利于共同福祉。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
It's human nature to gripe, but I'm going ahead and doing the best I can.
抱怨是人之常情，但我会继续努力，尽我所能。
Human nature is such that monogamy is a really hard thing to achieve.
人类的本性就是一夫一妻制很难实现。
Race hate isn't human nature; race hate is the abandonment of human nature.
种族仇恨不是人性;种族仇恨是对人性的抛弃。
The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.
士兵的勇气被认为是人性中最廉价、最普遍的品质。
The parental, and filial affections seem to be as ardent, their sensibility and attachment, as active and faithful, as those observed to be in human nature.
父母和子女的感情似乎和人的天性一样热烈，他们的情感和依恋也和人的天性一样活跃和忠诚。
Theories that go counter to the facts of human nature are foredoomed.
违背人性事实的理论是注定要失败的。