In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

对大多数人来说,感激之情不过是一种获得进一步恩惠的隐秘希望。

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Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.

人们崇拜机器,因为它们美丽而珍贵,因为它们赋予权力;人们憎恨他们,因为他们丑陋不堪,憎恨他们,因为他们强加奴隶制度。

For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.

因为自由不仅仅是挣脱自己的枷锁,而是以尊重和增进他人自由的方式生活。

Our friends are generally ready to do everything for us, except the very thing we wish them to do.

我们的朋友通常愿意为我们做任何事情,除了我们希望他们做的事情。

All moral laws are merely statements that certain kinds of actions will have good effects.

所有的道德法则都只是说明某种行为会产生好的效果。