Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

  • -- George Farquhar 乔治·法夸尔

犯罪和美德一样,都是对自己的奖赏。

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So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.

我们生活中太多的时间都花在考虑自己的缺点上,以至于没有时间去改善我们想象中的优点。事实上,我们只是在完善我们的罪恶,人死后比出生时更坏。

Sometimes it can feel like the whole globe is spinning with irredeemable losses, capricious natural disasters and crimes so outrageously evil they dismantle any attempt to solve or explain them.

有时,你会觉得整个地球都在不可挽回的损失、反复无常的自然灾害和罪行的缠绕下旋转,这些罪行是如此邪恶,以至于任何试图解决或解释它们的努力都付之东流。

Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive.

恶与善为邻,恶与善混淆;正如对一个善良的人来说,报告自己的好品质是令人愉快的,因此,与之相反的关系也不应该是令人不快的。

Success consecrates the foulest crimes.

成功使最卑鄙的罪行神圣化。