Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be unwilling to recognize them, since that is to add the further fault of a voluntary illusion.

  • -- Blaise Pascal 巴斯卡

的确,满是缺点是一种罪恶;但是,满是幻想却不愿意去认识它们,这是更大的罪恶,因为这是一种自愿性幻想的进一步错误。

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I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no evil, only an abundance of horror: the plagues and the blights and the ants and the maggots.

我不相信邪恶,我只相信恐怖。自然界中没有邪恶,只有无尽的恐惧:瘟疫、枯萎病、蚂蚁和蛆。

It is worth while too to warn the teacher that undue severity in correcting faults is liable at times to discourage a boy's mind from effort.

同样值得提醒老师的是,纠正错误的过分严厉有时会使一个男孩打消努力的念头。

How easy it is to see your brother's faults, How hard it is to face your own.

看到你哥哥的缺点是多么容易,而面对自己的缺点又是多么困难。

If we choose, we can live in a world of comforting illusion.

如果我们选择,我们可以生活在一个舒适的幻想世界。

I try to ignore the Internet. It's an evil, evil place.

我试着忽视互联网。这是一个邪恶的地方。