I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise.

  • -- Peter Albert David Singer 彼得·艾伯特·大卫·辛格

我是个功利主义者,所以我不认为反对说谎的规则是绝对的;它总是受制于一些凌驾于它之上的实用程序,这可能会阻止它的运行。

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Love consists in giving without getting in return; in giving what is not owed, what is not due the other. That's why true love is never based, as associations for utility or pleasure are, on a fair exchange.

爱在于付出而不求回报;给予别人不欠别人的,别人也不欠你的。这就是为什么真爱从来就不是建立在公平交换的基础上的,就像功利或快乐的联想一样。

There are two reasons for drinking: one is, when you are thirsty, to cure it; the other, when you are not thirsty, to prevent it.

喝酒有两个原因:一是当你渴的时候,要把它治好;另一种,当你不渴的时候,防止它。

On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.

从好的方面来说,死亡是少数几件躺下就能轻松完成的事情之一。

You can't defend. You can't prevent. The only thing you can do is detect and respond.

你不能辩护。你不能阻止。你唯一能做的就是检测和响应。

The exercise of authority over the same area by two States is a contradiction.

两个国家对同一地区行使权力是一种矛盾。

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.

阅读——远离绝对孤独的最佳状态。

Everything is relative except relatives, and they are absolute.

一切都是相对的,除了亲戚,他们是绝对的。

Exercise caution, as I have advised many people.

正如我给许多人的建议一样,要谨慎行事。

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

说谎既要用言语,也要用沉默。

Saving a life overrides territories.

拯救生命超越疆域。