人性与道德（一）
The proper function of man is to live, but not to exist.
人应该生活，而非单纯生存。 ——Jack London
Conquer fear of death and you are put into possession of your life.
战胜对死亡的恐惧才能真正享受生命。——G.Meredith
He that is once born, once must die.
有生必有死。——Herbert
There is a time to speak and a time to be silent.
该说话时说话，该沉默时沉默。 ——Caxton
If you smile when no one else is around, you really mean it.
如果你独自一人时笑了，那是真心的笑。 ——Andy Rooney
The worst bankrupt is the person who has lost his enthusiasm.
最惨的破产就是丧失自己的热情。 ——H.W.Arnold
The fox changes his skin but not his habits.
江山易改，本性难移。——Suetonius
People with tact have less to retract.
智者悔少。——Arnold Glasgow
The man who has never made a mistake will never make anything else.
从不犯错的人将一事无成。 ——G.B.Shaw
A liar will not be believed, even when he speaks the truth.
一个骗子即使在说真话时，旁人也不会相信。——Aesop
What is a man’s first duty? the answer is brief: To be himself.
一个人的首要职责是什么？很简单：做自己。——Henrik Ibsen
If people would dare to speak to one another unreservedly, there would be a good deal less sorrow in the world a hundred years hence.
如果人们敢于互相推心置腹地讲出心里话，一百年后世界将会减少许多痛苦。 ——Samuel Butler
Passion, though a bad regulator, is a powerful spring.
激情虽难以驾驭，却是种强大的动力。 ——Emerson
Every man desires to live long, but no man would be old.
人人都希望长寿，但没人愿意变老。 ——Jonathan Swift
The greatest of faults is to be conscious of none.
最严重的错误莫过于不觉得自己有任何错误。——Thomas Carlyle
A beautiful form is better than a beautiful face; a beautiful behavior than a beautiful form.
美丽的外形胜于美丽的脸蛋，美丽的举止胜于美丽的外形。——Emerson
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