The prime goal is to alleviate suffering, and not to prolong life. And if your treatment does not alleviate suffering, but only prolongs life, that treatment should be stopped.

  • -- Christiaan Barnard 克里斯蒂安·巴纳德

首要目标是减轻痛苦,而不是延长寿命。如果你的治疗不能减轻痛苦,而只能延长生命,那就应该停止治疗。

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How vivid is the suffering of the few when the people are few and how the suffering of nameless millions in two world wars is blurred over by numbers.

少数人的苦难是多么鲜明,而人民是多么稀少,两次世界大战中无数无名百姓的苦难是多么被数字模糊了。

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

虐待动物的人在与人交往时也变得冷酷无情。我们可以通过一个人对待动物的方式来判断他的内心。

One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.

对人类文明的考验之一是对罪犯的待遇。

We must be wary of associating discomfort with failure or comfort with success.

我们必须警惕将不适与失败或舒适与成功联系在一起。