A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.

  • -- Finley Peter Dunne 芬利·彼得·邓恩

有目的的谎言是最糟糕的谎言之一,也是最有利可图的谎言。

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It's not a matter of becoming a superstar. Fame and money aren't the purpose of all this. No actor's going to say, 'I don't want to be famous.' But the main purpose for doing what I'm doing is the passion in the work.

这不是成为超级明星的问题。名利并不是这一切的目的。没有演员会说,‘我不想出名。但我现在做这件事的主要目的是对工作的热情。

Of moral purpose I see no trace in Nature. That is an article of exclusively human manufacture and very much to our credit.

出于道德目的,我在自然界中看不到任何痕迹。那是一件完全由人工制造的物品,非常值得我们赞赏。

Eliminating what is not wanted or needed is profitable in itself.

消除不需要或不需要的东西本身就是有利可图的。