One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

  • -- Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒

明智的人首先要做的事情之一,就是知道自己什么时候被打败了,然后立即停止战斗。

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To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

多为别人着想,少为自己着想;克制我们的自私,发挥我们的仁爱之心,构成人性的完美。

Boredom is... a vital problem for the moralist, since half the sins of mankind are caused by the fear of it.

无聊是……这对道德家来说是一个至关重要的问题,因为人类一半的罪恶都是由对罪恶的恐惧造成的。