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道德
Morality
A system of morality which is based on relative emotional values is a mere illusion, a thoroughly vulgar conception which has nothing sound in it and nothing true.
建立在相对情感价值基础上的道德体系只是一种幻想，是一种完全庸俗的概念，其中没有任何合理之处，也没有任何真实之处。
Morality and its victim, the mother - what a terrible picture! Is there indeed anything more terrible, more criminal, than our glorified sacred function of motherhood?
道德和它的受害者，母亲——多么可怕的画面!难道还有什么比我们作为母亲的神圣职责更可怕、更罪恶的吗?
Do you not see, first, that - as a mental abstract - physical force is directly opposed to morality; and secondly, that it practically drives out of existence the moral forces?
首先，你难道没有看到，作为一种精神上的抽象，肉体的力量与道德是直接对立的吗?第二，它实际上将道德力量驱逐出去?
Those who forget good and evil and seek only to know the facts are more likely to achieve good than those who view the world through the distorting medium of their own desires.
那些忘记善与恶，只想知道事实的人比那些通过扭曲自己欲望的媒介来看待世界的人更有可能获得善。
For children to take morality seriously they must be in the presence of adults who take morality seriously. And with their own eyes they must see adults take morality seriously.
要让孩子认真对待道德，他们必须在认真对待道德的成年人面前。他们必须亲眼看到成年人认真对待道德。
The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.
道德的本质是对道德的质疑;而人类生命的决定性行动就是不断地利用一切光明来寻找善与恶对立的根源。
The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.
因此，道德美德既不是自然产生的，也不是违反自然的。自然的确在我们心中为它们的接受做了准备，但它们的完全形成是习惯的产物。
Vanity of science. Knowledge of physical science will not console me for ignorance of morality in time of affliction, but knowledge of morality will always console me for ignorance of physical science.
虚荣的科学。物理科学的知识不会因为我在苦难时期对道德的无知而安慰我，但道德知识将永远因为我对物理科学的无知而安慰我。
Fundamentalists are panicked by the apparent disintegration of the family, the disappearance of certainty and the decay of morality. Fear leads them to ask, if we cannot trust the Bible, what can we trust?
原教旨主义者对家庭的明显解体、确定性的消失和道德的堕落感到恐慌。恐惧使他们问，如果我们不能相信圣经，我们能相信什么?
That for me was the big turning point in my artistic life, when my wife and I had our kids. The world got infused with morality again. Every person in the world should theoretically be loved as much as I love my daughters.
对我来说，那是我艺术生涯的一个重大转折点，那时我和妻子有了孩子。世界再次充满了道德。理论上，世界上的每一个人都应该像我爱我的女儿一样被爱。
To act without rapacity, to use knowledge with wisdom, to respect interdependence, to operate without hubris and greed are not simply moral imperatives. They are an accurate scientific description of the means of survival.
不贪婪地行动，智慧地运用知识，尊重相互依存，不傲慢和贪婪地行动，这些不仅仅是道德上的要求。它们是对生存手段的准确的科学描述。
Property is not the sacred right. When a rich man becomes poor it is a misfortune, it is not a moral evil. When a poor man becomes destitute, it is a moral evil, teeming with consequences and injurious to society and morality.
财产不是神圣的权利。富人变穷是一种不幸，而不是道德上的罪恶。当一个穷人变得贫困，这是一种道德上的罪恶，充满了后果，有害于社会和道德。
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The true artist doesn't substitute immorality for morality. On the contrary, he always substitutes a finer morality for a grosser one.
真正的艺术家不会用不道德代替道德。相反，他总是用更高尚的道德来代替更粗俗的道德。
Morality is the basis of things and truth is the substance of all morality.
道德是事物的基础，真理是一切道德的实质。
I look upon it as a Point of Morality, to be obliged by those who endeavour to oblige me.
我认为这是一个道德问题，应该由那些尽力帮助我的人来帮助我。
Nations are not poor or rich because of their wealth but exceptional morality.
一个国家之所以贫穷或富有，并不是因为它的财富，而是因为它的道德。
Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.
不道德:那些过得更好的人的道德。
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.
文明国家的主要商业活动是金钱，而不是道德。