Art, like morality, consists in drawing the line somewhere.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

艺术,就像道德一样,就是在某处画一条线。

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The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.

因此,道德美德既不是自然产生的,也不是违反自然的。自然的确在我们心中为它们的接受做了准备,但它们的完全形成是习惯的产物。

I kind of do the drawing with the painting in mind, but it's very hard to guess at a size or a color and all the colors around it and what it will really look like.

我画这幅画的时候脑子里就想着这幅画,但是很难猜测它的大小或颜色,以及它周围的所有颜色,以及它真正的样子。

Whenever I write about motherhood - and I write about it a lot - I am drawing on my experiences as a mother and also my experiences as a daughter.

每当我写关于母亲的事情时——我经常写——我都在利用我作为母亲的经历和我作为女儿的经历。

We certainly employ a lot of immigrants at Fox... and we do not take any consistent anti-immigrant line.

我们福克斯公司当然雇佣了很多移民。我们不采取任何一贯的反移民路线。

Soon it's all going to be digital anyway. It's all going to be saved on a little coin somewhere.

无论如何,很快一切都将数字化。这些钱都存到某个小硬币上了。

The bottom line is that the death tax is a tax on the economy because it slows economic growth.

归根结底,遗产税是对经济征收的一种税,因为它减缓了经济增长。

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

美德不在于戒除恶习,而在于不渴求恶习。

Many people think that virtue consists of severity towards others.

许多人认为美德在于对他人的严厉。

Everything in life is somewhere else, and you get there in a car.

生活中的一切都在另一个地方,你坐着车去那里。

A heart needs only its own voice to do what is right.

做对的事,心只需要自己的声音。