The essence of immorality is the tendency to make an exception of myself.

  • -- Jane Addams 珍妮·亚当斯

不道德的本质是倾向于对自己破格。

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Why does the rest of the world put up with the hypocrisy, the need to put a happy face on sorrow, the need to keep on keeping on?... I don't know the answer, I know only that I can't

为什么世界上的其他人要忍受虚伪,需要把快乐的脸放在悲伤的脸上,需要不断地继续下去?我不知道答案,我只知道我不能

We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive.

我们愿意相信我们不是为了生存而是为了做一个好人,我们不愿意承认我们是为了生存才做一个好人。

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor.

世界上到处都是傻瓜和胆怯的人;然而,每个人都有足够的勇气去承受不幸,有足够的智慧去管理邻居的事务。

You know what they say: if God had been a Liberal, we wouldn't have had the ten commandments. We'd have had the ten suggestions.

你知道人们常说:如果上帝是一个自由主义者,我们就不会有十诫。我们应该有十个建议。