We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.

  • -- Edward Dahlberg 爱德华·达尔伯格

我们只能把自己的罪恶写得很好,因为我们很难回忆起一件善行,甚至是善恶动机的结果。

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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。

There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman.

有一种善的原则创造了秩序、光明和男人,也有一种恶的原则创造了混乱、黑暗和女人。

After the magical act accomplished by Joyce with Ulysses, perhaps we are getting away from it.

在乔伊斯和尤利西斯完成了魔幻般的表演之后,也许我们正在远离它。

The projects I look for to produce or direct would not be ones in which I would want to act.

我想要制作或指导的项目不会是我想做的。

We sometimes try to second-guess those who have not even made a first guess.

我们有时试图对那些甚至连第一个猜测都没有做出的人进行事后猜测。

When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.

当好人降临时,他称之为天意;当坏人降临时,他称之为命运。

Let no man under value the price of a virtuous woman's counsel.

不要让男人低估一个贤惠女人的忠告的价值。

People have motives and thoughts of which they are unaware.

人们有他们不知道的动机和思想。