Treat those who are good with goodness, and also treat those who are not good with goodness. Thus goodness is attained. Be honest to those who are honest, and be also honest to those who are not honest. Thus honesty is attained.

  • -- Lao Tzu 老子

善者,吾善之﹔不善者,吾亦善之﹔德善。信者,吾信之﹔不信者,吾亦信之﹔德信。

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The two most common charges against the older fiction, that it pleased wickedly and that it taught nothing, had broken down before the discovery, except in illiberal sects, that the novel is fitted both for honest use and for pleasure.

人们对老小说最常见的两种指责是,它让人感到邪恶地愉悦,它没有教给人们任何东西,但在人们发现这部小说既适合于正当使用,又适合于娱乐之前,这两种指责就已经站不住脚了。

I'm quite influenced in this by one of my heroes, Montaigne, who thought a man's real task was to render as honest an account of himself as he could.

我深受我心目中的英雄蒙田的影响,他认为一个人的真正任务是尽可能诚实地描述自己。

Goodness, armed with power, is corrupted; and pure love without power is destroyed.

善良,有了力量,就堕落了;没有力量的纯洁的爱会被摧毁。

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

美德是勇敢的,善良从来无所畏惧。