However glorious an action in itself, it ought not to pass for great if it be not the effect of wisdom and intention.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

无论一个行为本身多么光荣,如果它不是智慧和意图的结果,就不应该被认为是伟大的。

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When you say you agree to a thing in principle you mean that you have not the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.

当你说你原则上同意一件事的时候,你的意思是你根本没有打算把它付诸实践。

The biggest coward is a man who awakens a woman's love with no intention of loving her.

最大的懦夫是一个男人,他唤醒了一个女人的爱,却无意去爱她。

All is connected... no one thing can change by itself.

所有连接…没有一件事可以单独改变。

Virtue itself scapes not calumnious strokes.

美德本身并无恶意中伤之嫌。