No man deserves to be praised for his goodness, who has it not in his power to be wicked. Goodness without that power is generally nothing more than sloth, or an impotence of will.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

如果一个人没有权力作恶,他的善良就不值得称赞。没有这种力量的善良,通常只不过是懒惰,或者意志的软弱。

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We call that person who has lost his father, an orphan; and a widower that man who has lost his wife. But that man who has known the immense unhappiness of losing a friend, by what name do we call him? Here every language is silent and holds its peace in impotence.

我们称失去父亲的人为孤儿;一个失去妻子的鳏夫。但是,这个人知道失去朋友的巨大痛苦,我们用什么名字称呼他呢?在这里,每一种语言都是沉默的,在无能为力中保持着平静。

When all is said and done, the greatest satisfaction you'll have in this life as you grow old will be seeing your children grow in righteousness and faith and goodness as citizens of the society of which they are a part.

当一切都说过了,做过了,当你年老时,你此生最大的满足将是看到你的孩子作为他们所属社会的公民,在正义、信仰和善良中成长。

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die.

过去有价值的东西都不离开;人所认识的善,或善,是会死的,或能死的。