The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil rather because of the punishment that it brings than because of its own foulness.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

一般人天生容易受恐惧而不是敬畏所左右,不作恶而不是因为作恶所带来的惩罚而不是因为作恶本身的肮脏。

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God ceases to be God only for those who can admit the possibility of His non-existence, and that conception is in itself the most severe punishment they can suffer.

只有那些承认上帝可能不存在的人,上帝才不再是上帝,而这种观念本身就是他们所能承受的最严厉的惩罚。

Wickedness is its own punishment.

恶有恶报。