He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.

  • -- William Penn 威廉·佩恩

为善行善的,不求乐园,也不求赏赐,但终久必得着。

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It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.

这是一件奇怪的事情……每一种信仰都承诺有一个天堂,绝对不适合任何有文明品味的人居住。

My father, who had lost a brother, fighting on the Austrian side in World War I, was a committed pacifist.

我的父亲是一位坚定的和平主义者,他在第一次世界大战中失去了一个兄弟,当时他在奥地利一边作战。

Love and war are the same thing, and stratagems and policy are as allowable in the one as in the other.

爱情和战争是一回事,策略和政策在其中一样是可以容许的。

An Aristotle was but the rubbish of an Adam, and Athens but the rudiments of Paradise.

亚里士多德不过是亚当的垃圾,雅典不过是天堂的入门。

Effort only fully releases its reward after a person refuses to quit.

只有当一个人拒绝放弃时,努力才会完全释放出它的回报。

A kind and compassionate act is often its own reward.

一种善良和富有同情心的行为往往是它自己的回报。