Men of sense often learn from their enemies. It is from their foes, not their friends, that cities learn the lesson of building high walls and ships of war.

  • -- Aristophanes 亚里士多德

有理智的人常向敌人学习。城市从敌人而不是朋友那里学习建造高墙和战舰。

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The Sierra Club is a very good and a very powerful force for conservation and, as a matter of fact, has grown faster since I left than it was growing while I was there! It must be doing something right.

塞拉俱乐部是一个非常好的,非常强大的保护力量,事实上,自从我离开以来,它的发展速度比我在那里的时候还要快!一定是做对了什么。

A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.

父亲可能背弃他的孩子,兄弟姐妹可能成为根深蒂固的敌人,丈夫可能抛弃妻子,妻子可能抛弃丈夫。惟有母亲的慈爱,能看透一切。

Constant kindness can accomplish much. As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes misunderstanding, mistrust, and hostility to evaporate.

持续的善意可以成就很多事。当太阳使冰融化时,善意会导致误解、不信任和敌意消失。

Compassion alone stands apart from the continuous traffic between good and evil proceeding within us.

在我们内心善与恶之间持续不断的交流中,只有同情是独立的。