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Immorality: the morality of those who are having a better time.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

不道德:那些过得更好的人的道德。

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However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes that men can arrive at the middle path of wisdom and virtue.

无论邪恶的不道德行为有多大，我们都不能忘记，它并非没有其有益的后果。只有通过极端，人们才能到达智慧和美德的中间道路。

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We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.

我们不需要对与错的清单，不需要做与不做的表格:我们需要书籍、时间和沉默。你不会很快被遗忘，但从前是永恒的。

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What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

我该对我的时代、我的国家、我的邻居、我的朋友们做些什么呢?这就是一个有道德的人应该经常问自己的问题。

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If you didn't have any conscious beings in the world, there really wouldn't be morality but with consciousness that you have it.

如果你在这个世界上没有任何有意识的存在，那么就不会有道德，只有意识才有道德。

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It is a little thing to starve to death; it is a serious matter to lose one's virtue.

饿死是小事一桩;失去美德是一件很严重的事情。

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The only immorality is not to do what one has to do when one has to do it.

唯一不道德的事，不是在不得已的时候去做必须做的事。

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