Happiness is not a reward - it is a consequence. Suffering is not a punishment - it is a result.

  • -- Robert G. Ingersoll 格索

幸福不是奖赏,而是结果。痛苦不是惩罚,而是结果。

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Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

我们的国家现在走的道路是如此稳定,以致于表明它将走哪条路走向毁灭,也就是说:首先通过巩固权力,然后是腐败,来显示其必然的后果。

I don't know how I got to this point but it must be as a result of everything that has come before so if I were to change something, I might not be at this point now.

我不知道我是怎么做到这一点的,但这肯定是之前发生的一切的结果,所以如果我要改变什么,我可能不会在这一点上。

Punishment may make us obey the orders we are given, but at best it will only teach an obedience to authority, not a self-control which enhances our self-respect.

惩罚也许能使我们服从上帝给我们的命令,但充其量也只能教会我们服从权威,而不是增强我们自尊的自我控制。

One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences.

其中一个关键问题将是个人荣誉与众多利益之争,以及不可预见的后果。

Sometimes our best action result in things that are most regrettable.

有时候,我们最好的行动会导致最令人遗憾的结果。

Punishment is justice for the unjust.

惩罚是对正义的伸张。