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Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

文明国家的主要商业活动是金钱，而不是道德。

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We should reserve the notion of 'morality' for the ways in which we can affect one another's experience for better or worse. Some people use the term 'morality' differently, of course, but I think we have a scientific responsibility to focus the conversation so as to make it most useful.

我们应该保留“道德”的概念，以使我们能够以何种方式影响彼此的经历，无论好坏。当然，有些人使用“道德”一词的方式不同，但我认为，我们有科学责任集中讨论，使其最有用。

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I never, ever had it in my mind that I wanted to be in the record industry, because I still contend that the record industry is an insidious affair. It's this terrible collision between art and commerce, and it will always be that way.

我从来没有想过要进入唱片业，因为我仍然认为唱片业是一个阴险的行业。这是艺术和商业之间可怕的冲突，而且永远都是这样。

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These measures may not constitute an absolute guarantee of peace, but, in my opinion, they constitute the greatest preventive measures ever adopted by nations.

这些措施可能不构成对和平的绝对保证，但我认为，它们是各国有史以来采取的最伟大的预防性措施。

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The slightest acquaintance with history shows that powerful republics are the most warlike and unscrupulous of nations.

只要对历史稍有了解，就会发现，强大的共和国是最好战、最肆无忌惮的国家。

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Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

与所有国家通商，不与任何国家结盟，应该是我们的座右铭。

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Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

光，上帝的长女，是建筑中最主要的美。

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What gets me excited is the original principle.

让我兴奋的是最初的原理。

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Virtue bears its own fruits.

善有善报。

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