What do I owe to my times, to my country, to my neighbors, to my friends? Such are the questions which a virtuous man ought often to ask himself.

  • -- Johann Kaspar Lavater 拉瓦特

我该对我的时代、我的国家、我的邻居、我的朋友们做些什么呢?这就是一个有道德的人应该经常问自己的问题。

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For a solitary animal egoism is a virtue that tends to preserve and improve the species: in any kind of community it becomes a destructive vice.

因为孤立的动物利己主义是一种倾向于保护和改善物种的美德:在任何一种群体中,它都是一种破坏性的恶习。

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue.

在自由和美德的事业中,成为少数派并不可耻。

People don't slip. Time catches up with them.

人不滑。时间会赶上他们的。

Any time not spent on love is wasted.

任何不花在爱上的时间都是浪费。