Vic - Quotes of the Day 34

2011年9月20日

If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece of his own heart?
如果問題只是有些邪惡的人在某處暗中作惡，而我們只需要將他們隔離開來，加以毀滅，那該多好。但是，善與惡的界線劃過每一個人的心，而有誰願意毀掉自己部分的心？
- Alexander Solzhenitsyn, novelist, Nobel laureate (1918-2008)

Too many parents make life hard for their children by trying, too zealously, to make it easy for them.
太多父母因為太努力嘗試讓孩子舒服過活，結果反而令他們日子艱難。
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, poet, dramatist, novelist, and philosopher (1749-1832)

Many a secret that cannot be pried out by curiosity can be drawn out by indifference.
好奇打聽仍無法得知的秘密，很多時候可以靠假裝冷漠刺探出來。
- Sydney J. Harris, journalist (1917-1986)