That you may retain your self-respect, it is better to displease the people by doing what you know is right, than to temporarily please them by doing what you know is wrong.

  • -- William J. H. Boetcker 威廉·J·H·伯特克

为了保持你的自尊,做你知道是对的事去得罪别人,总比做你知道是错的事去暂时取悦别人要好。

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The world is well supplied with rude people spouting high moral positions about human rights, but it is noticeably lacking in those who worry about the human being waiting in line behind them at the automated-teller machine while they balance their heckbooks.

世界上到处都是粗鲁无礼的人,他们滔滔不绝地高谈阔论人权问题的道德立场,但那些担心自己身后的人在自动柜员机前排队,而自己却在权衡利弊的人却明显寥寥无几。

The greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues.

最伟大的思想既能成就最大的美德,也能成就最大的罪恶。