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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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I actually think that secrets are just a part of human nature and that everybody should have some.
事实上，我认为秘密只是人性的一部分，每个人都应该有一些。
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。
Human nature means that institutions at some point lose their sense of mission. That sense of vulnerability drives Pimco.
人性意味着制度在某种程度上失去了使命感。这种脆弱性驱使着太平洋投资管理公司。
No tendency is quite so strong in human nature as the desire to lay down rules of conduct for other people.
在人类本性中，没有一种倾向比为他人制定行为准则的愿望更强烈。
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。
Love is a strange master, and human nature is still stranger.
爱情是一位陌生的主人，人性更是陌生。