The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

邪恶胜利的唯一必要条件是好人什么也不做。

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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.

如果你在不公正的情况下保持中立,你就选择了压迫者的一边。如果大象的脚踩在老鼠的尾巴上,而你说你是中立的,老鼠不会欣赏你的中立。

We don't consider the battle has ended in Afghanistan... The battle has begun and its fires are picking up. These fires will reach the White House, because it is the center of injustice and tyranny.

我们不认为阿富汗战争已经结束…战斗已经开始,火力正在增强。这些战火将蔓延到白宫,因为它是不公正和暴政的中心。

Relativism is not indifference; on the contrary, passionate indifference is necessary in order for you not to hear the voices that oppose your absolute decrees.

相对主义不是冷漠;相反,为了不让你听到反对你绝对命令的声音,你必须充满热情地漠不关心。

Only humans think death is evil. But it is nature. Evil exists only in life. There is much good and evil allotted to each life.

只有人类认为死亡是邪恶的。但这是自然。邪恶只存在于生活中。每个人的一生都有许多善恶之分。

Indifference may not wreck a man's life at any one turn, but it will destroy him with a kind of dry-rot in the long run.

冷漠也许不会在任何时候毁掉一个人的生活,但从长远来看,它会像一种干腐病一样毁掉他。

A stupidly devout man, the slyly evil, and the sanctimonious woman - these will destroy the world.

一个愚蠢虔诚的男人,一个狡猾邪恶的女人,这些都会毁灭世界。

The difference being that in films, unlike in life, good does always win over evil in the end.

不同之处在于,在电影中,不像在生活中,善良最终总会战胜邪恶。

Great men's servants don't think little of themselves.

伟人的仆人从不小看自己。

Hackney mistress, Hackney maid.

哈克尼女主人,哈克尼女佣。

Do not look for wrong and evil.

不要寻找错误和邪恶。