书城成功励志青春阅读——名人智慧之光(双语)
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第21章 道德篇

All men are liable to error, and most men are, in many points, by passion or interest, under temptation to it.

——John Locke, British philosopher

人都会犯错误,在许多情况下,大多数仍是由于欲望或兴趣的引诱而犯错误的。

——英国哲学家J.洛克

Character is what you are in the dark.

——D. L. Moody, USA churchman

暗处最能反映一个人真正品格。

——美国教士D. L.穆迪

Courage is the ladder on which all the other virtues mount.

——Clare Boothe Luce, USA dramatist

勇气是一架梯子,其他美德全靠它爬上去。

——美国剧作家C. B.卢斯

Despite all the life danger, with one selfless act from one common person, someone is saved, a hero is made.

——Norman Stephens, USA writer

不管一切危险,由于一个普通人的无私行动,有人得救了,英雄就应运而生。

——美国作家N.斯蒂芬斯

Distrust can be contagious. But, so can trust.

——Robbins Stacia, British writer

不信任有传染性。但是信任也如此。

——英国作家R.斯达卡

Fame is the chastisement of merit and the punishment of talent.

——Nicolas Chamfort, French writer

盛名殊誉是德才之忌。

——法国作家N.尚福尔

God was constructed out of mankinds need for hope, for purpose, for meaning: aninvisible protector and conscientious father.

——Howard Mel, USA writer

人类出于对希望、目标、意义的需要而造出了神:一位冥冥之中的保护者和尽责的养育者。

——美国作家H.梅尔

He who would do good to another must do it in minute particulars; general good is the plea of the scoundrel, hypocrite and flatterer.

——William Black, British poet

行善总是具体的、特定的;抽象的、笼统的行善是恶棍、伪君子和献媚者的托辞。

——英国诗人 W.布莱克

I know only that what is moral is what you feel good after and what is immoral is what you feel bad after.

——Ernest Hemingway, USA writer

我只知道所谓道德是指你事后觉得好的东西,所谓不道德是指你事后觉得不好的东西。

——美国作家E.海明威

If you would convince others, you seem open to conviction yourself.

——Philip Dormer Chesterfield, British statesman

要说服别人,先得说服自己。

——英国政治家P. D.切斯特菲尔德

If your morals make you dreary, depend upon it, they are wrong.

——Robert Louis Stevenson, British novelist

如果你的品行使你郁郁寡欢,那么,这些品行无疑是错误的。

——英国小说家R. L.斯蒂文森

It is an open question whether any behavior based on fear of eternal punishment can be regarded as ethical or should be regarded as merely cowardly.

——Magaret Mead, USA humanist

一个有待解决的问题是:基于是害怕无休止的惩罚而产生的行为是被视作有道德的呢,还是应该被视作懦弱的?

——美国人文学家M.米德

It is not enough to do good, one must do it the right way.

——John Morley, British statesman

人不仅要做好事,更要以正确的方式做好事。

——英国政治家J.莫利

Lying disguises our mortality, our inadequacies, our fears and anxieties, our loneliness in the midst of the crowd. We yearn for the comfort of familiar lies to create a more amenable reality.

——Howard Mel, USA writer

说谎掩盖了人死的必然性、缺陷、恐惧、焦虑和在熙熙攘攘的人群中所感到的孤独。耳熟能详的谎言会创造一个较易应付的现实。 人渴望从这些谎言中得到安慰。

——美国作家H.梅尔

Morality is not really the doctrine of how to make ourselves happy but of how we are to be worthy of happiness.

——Immanuel Kant, German philosopher

道德确实不是指导人们如何使自己幸福的教条,而是指导人们如何配享有幸福的学说。

——德国哲学家I.康德

Morality is the custom of one country; cannibalism is moral in a cannibal country.

——Samuel Butler, British writer

道德是一个人所在国家的风俗习惯:在吃人的国家里,吃人是合乎道德的。

——英国作家S.勃特勒

Morality is the herd instinct in the individual.

——Friedrich Nietzsche, German philosopher

道德是个人心目中的群居本能。

——德国哲学家F.尼采

Morality may consist solely in the courage of making a choice.

——Leon Plum, French statesman

道德可能仅仅在于有勇气做出抉择。

——法国政治家L.布鲁姆

Mutual forgiveness of each vice, such is the gates of Paradise.

——William Black, British poet

相互宽容对方的缺点,乃是通向天堂之门。

——英国诗人W.布莱克

No morality can be founded on authority, even if the authority were divine.

——A. J. Ayer, USA writer

道德不可能建立在权威的基础上,即使这种权威是至高无上的。

——美国作家A. J.艾尔

Personality is to man what perfume is to a flower.

——C. C. Schwab, USA businessman

品格之于人,犹如芳香之于花。

——美国实业家C .C.施瓦布

Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind.

——William Shakespeare, British dramatist

如果送礼的人不是出于真心,再贵重的礼物也会失去它的价值。

——英国剧作家 W.莎士比亚

There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.

——EBurke, British statesman

克制也有个限度,超过了限度就不再是美德。

——英国政治家E.伯克

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

——William Shakespeare, British dramatist

美德是勇敢的,善良从来无所畏惧。

——英国剧作家W.莎士比亚

We all tell lies—little lies, big lies, necessity lies in order to insure social and psychological peace and comfort.

——Howard Mel, USA writer

所有的人说的谎——小谎、大谎、善意的谎——都是为确保社会安宁、心理舒适而采取的必

要手段。

——美国作家H.梅尔

Wherever true valor is found, true modesty will there abound.

——William Gilbert, British dramatist and poet

真正的勇敢,都包含谦虚。

——英国剧作家、诗人W.吉尔伯特