The chief beginning of evil is goodness in excess.

  • -- Menander 梅南德

恶的首要开端是过分的善。

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We ought always to deal justly, not only with those who are just to us, but likewise to those who endeavor to injure us; and this, for fear lest by rendering them evil for evil, we should fall into the same vice.

我们不仅应该公正地对待那些对我们公正的人,而且应该公正地对待那些试图伤害我们的人;我们也要这样行,恐怕他们以恶报恶,我们就和他们一样有恶报。

A good person can make another person good; it means that goodness will elicit goodness in the society; other persons will also be good.

一个好人可以使另一个人变好;这意味着善会在社会中引发善;其他人也会很好。

A bad act done will fester and create in its own way. It's not only goodness that creates. Bad things create. They have their own yeast.

一个坏的行为会以它自己的方式溃烂和创造。创造的不只是善。不好的事情。它们有自己的酵母。

Evil was predictable, always painfully expected.

邪恶是可以预测的,总是痛苦地期待着。