Truth is handsomer than the affectation of love. Your goodness must have some edge to it, else it is none.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

真理比爱情的做作更美。你的善良一定有其可取之处,否则就毫无可取之处。

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It is a grand mistake to think of being great without goodness and I pronounce it as certain that there was never a truly great man that was not at the same time truly virtuous.

认为自己伟大而无良是大错特错的,我可以肯定地说,没有一个真正伟大的人同时不具有真正的美德。

The failure to read good books both enfeebles the vision and strengthens our most fatal tendency - the belief that the here and now is all there is.

没能读到好书,既削弱了我们的视野,也强化了我们最致命的倾向——即相信此时此地就是一切。

It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.

世界似乎被分为好人和坏人。好人睡得更好,而坏人似乎更喜欢醒着的时候。

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

不能原谅别人的人,就等于打破了自己必须跨过的桥;因为每个人都需要被原谅。

We must have moral education in the schools, anti-bullying programs, but this does not mean programs to feminize boys.

我们必须在学校里进行道德教育,开展反欺凌项目,但这并不意味着要让男孩变得女性化。

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox

矫揉造作比天花对人的脸更有害

Some books leave us free and some books make us free.

有些书让我们自由,有些书让我们自由。