Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

  • -- Robert Southey 骚塞

人不可自以为行恶就可以得善报,反害自己的性命。对他自己的邪恶影响是肯定的。

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Every country we conquer feeds us. And these are just a few of the good things we'll have when this war is over. Slaves working for us everywhere while we sit back with a fork in our hands and a whip on our knees.

我们征服的每一个国家都养活了我们。这些只是战争结束后我们会拥有的一些美好事物。奴隶们到处为我们干活,而我们却坐着,手里拿着叉子,膝盖上放着鞭子。

Perhaps it's good for one to suffer. Can an artist do anything if he's happy? Would he ever want to do anything? What is art, after all, but a protest against the horrible inclemency of life?

也许一个人受苦是好事。一个艺术家如果快乐,他能做些什么吗?他会想做点什么吗?到底什么是艺术,除了抗议生活中可怕的严酷之外?

Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don't really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don't think you could do this.

就我个人而言,我觉得在我自己的工作中,我想让自己看起来程序化或不带个人色彩,但我并不真的相信我这样做时不带个人色彩。我觉得你做不到。

If you make a living, if you earn your own money, you're free - however free one can be on this planet.

如果你谋生,如果你自己挣钱,你就是自由的——不管这个星球上的人有多自由。

'Know thyself' is a good saying, but not in all situations. In many it is better to say 'know others.'

“认识你自己”是句好话,但不是在所有情况下都适用。在很多情况下,说“认识别人”会更好。

Only the man who disciplines himself strictly can stand for long the terrific pace of modern war.

只有严于律己的人才能长期忍受现代战争的惊人速度。

To make laws that man cannot, and will not obey, serves to bring all law into contempt.

制定人们不能也不愿遵守的法律,只会使所有的法律受到蔑视。

In the long run, there is not much discrimination against superior talent.

从长远来看,对优秀人才的歧视并不严重。

One that confounds good and evil is an enemy to good.

混淆善恶的人是善的敌人。

He who does not punish evil, commands it to be done.

不惩治罪恶的,就是吩咐行恶。