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It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

这是魔鬼有时对善良的人所采取的一种报复，他以他们所压抑的、自以为高人一等的激情的力量把他们迷住了。

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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.

一个人如果在私生活中没有高尚的情操，那么他就会，或者很快就会，对他的国家失去所有的尊重。很少有一个人因为背叛祖国而感到内疚，他以前从未在私人关系中丧失过道德义务的感觉。

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Most professional players are their own biggest critics. Some of the things you read in the papers that strike you as bang out of order will already have been thought by the players themselves.

大多数职业球员都是自己最大的批评者。你在报纸上读到的一些让你震惊的东西已经被球员们自己认为是不正常的。

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Men rarely (if ever) manage to dream up a god superior to themselves. Most gods have the manners and morals of a spoiled child.

人们很少(如果有的话)能梦想出一个比自己优越的神。大多数神都有被宠坏的孩子的举止和道德。

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It sounds gross to say that I like myself more. But not everyone likes themselves that much. Especially in the comedy world.

说我更喜欢自己听起来很恶心。但并不是每个人都那么喜欢自己。尤其是在喜剧界。

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Only a virtuous people are capable of freedom. As nations become corrupt and vicious, they have more need of masters.

只有有道德的人才能获得自由。随着国家变得腐败和邪恶，他们更需要主人。

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To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.

对于一个优越的种族，作为人类对超凡圣洁和美德的自命不凡，似乎……荒谬。

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