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We would like to believe that we are not in the business of surviving but in being good, and we do not like to admit to ourselves that we are good in order to survive.

  • -- Dorothy Rowe 多萝西·罗伊

我们愿意相信我们不是为了生存而是为了做一个好人，我们不愿意承认我们是为了生存才做一个好人。

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We have learned to say that the good must be extended to all of society before it can be held secure by any one person or any one class. But we have not yet learned to add to that statement, that unless all [people] and all classes contribute to a good, we cannot even be sure that it is worth having.

我们已经学会说，只有把善扩展到整个社会，才能使任何一个人或任何一个阶层得到保障。但是，我们还没有学会给这句话加上一句:除非所有的人、所有的阶级都为一件好事做出贡献，否则我们甚至不能肯定它是否值得拥有。

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There are two competing philosophies in 'Wool': one is that people have to live under an iron thumb in order to survive, and the other one is that everyone should live completely freely and happily and everything will sort itself out.

关于“羊毛”，有两种相互竞争的哲学:一种是为了生存，人们必须生活在铁腕之下;另一种是每个人都应该完全自由快乐地生活，一切都会自行解决。

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All too often arrogance accompanies strength, and we must never assume that justice is on the side of the strong. The use of power must always be accompanied by moral choice.

骄傲常常伴随着力量，我们决不能认为正义是站在强者一边的。使用权力必须始终伴随着道德选择。

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Comedy is a way to make sense of chaos. It's a way of dealing with things that are overwhelming, that threaten you; it's a way to survive and get closer to the truth.

喜剧是一种理解混乱的方式。这是一种处理压倒一切、威胁你的事情的方式;这是一种生存和接近真相的方式。

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True and baseless evil is as rare as the purest good and we all know how rare that is.

真正的、毫无根据的邪恶和最纯洁的善一样罕见，我们都知道这是多么罕见。

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A good man can be stupid and still be good. But a bad man must have brains.

好人可以傻，也可以做个好人。但坏人必须有头脑。

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