Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

  • -- Albert Camus 阿尔伯特·加缪

美德不能脱离现实而不成为邪恶的原则。

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Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce; it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.

此外,从生态原则推导出的实用建议威胁着商业的既得利益;这些投资所产生的财政和政治权力有时应被用来压制环境影响研究,这并不令人惊讶。

Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.

美德不上镜。做一个好人是什么意思?一无所有,就是这样。一个大大的胖胖的零号,对着大家微笑。

Ruthless, greedy, tyrannical, disreputable they have had one principle worth all the rest, the principle of delight!

无情、贪婪、暴虐、声名狼藉,他们有一个原则值得所有其他的原则,那就是快乐的原则!

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

相信超自然的邪恶根源是没有必要的;只有人类才会做每一件坏事。

When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.

当美德自由时,某种程度上罪恶也自由了。

War is evil, but it is often the lesser evil.

战争是邪恶的,但往往是较小的邪恶。