首页
登录
职称英语
It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than th
It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than th
游客
2023-09-11
31
管理
问题
It is curious that our own offenses should seem so much less heinous than the offenses of others. I suppose the reason is that we know all the circumstances that have occasioned them and so manage to excuse in ourselves what we cannot excuse in others. We turn our attention away from our own defects, and when we are forced by untoward (造成困难的) events to consider them, find it easy to condone (宽恕) them. For all I know we are right to do this. They are part of us and we must accept the good and bad in ourselves together.
But when we come to judge others, it is not by ourselves as we really are that we judge them, but by an image that we have formed of ourselves from which we have left out everything that offends our vanity or would discredit us in the eyes of the world. To take a trivial instance: how scornful we are when we catch someone out telling a lie; but who can say that he has never told not one, but a hundred?
There is not much to choose between them. They are all a hotchpotch of greatness and littleness, of virtue and vice, of nobility and baseness. Some have more strength of character, or more opportunity, and so in one direction or another give their instincts freer play, but potentially they are the same. For my part, I do not think I am any better or any worse than most people, but I know that if I set down every action in my life and every thought that has crossed my mind, the world would consider me a monster of depravity. The knowledge that these reveries are common to all men should inspire one with tolerance to oneself as well as to others. It is well also if they enable us to look upon our fellows, even the most eminent and respectable, with honor, and if they lead us to take ourselves not too seriously. [br] Why are the defects of ourselves easily to be excused?
选项
答案
Because we consider them part of us.
解析
在第一段接下来几句话中,作者探讨了我们总是不断地宽恕自己的原因。我们了解一切导致过失出现的情况,不关注自己的缺点,因为缺点是我们自己的一部分,我们必须接纳自己的好与坏。
转载请注明原文地址:https://tihaiku.com/zcyy/3003427.html
相关试题推荐
[originaltext]Tobesuccessfulinajobinterview,youshoulddemonstratec
[originaltext]Tobesuccessfulinajobinterview,youshoulddemonstratec
Theproposalthat____________(商店星期日也应该营业引起了激烈的争论).shopsshouldopenonSundays
[audioFiles]audio_eusm_0127(20106)[/audioFiles]A、JohnshouldnottalktoBilla
___________________________,weshouldtryourbesttoovercomethem.(不管我们碰到什么
Nooneshouldbeforcedtowearauniformunderanycircumstance.Uniformsa
Ireadveryslowly_____________________(以免我读错一些单词).forfearthatIshouldmis
[originaltext]W:Ijustreadacuriousfact.Didyouknowthatpeoplewhospend
[originaltext]W:Ijustreadacuriousfact.Didyouknowthatpeoplewhospend
[originaltext]W:Ijustreadacuriousfact.Didyouknowthatpeoplewhospend
随机试题
[originaltext]M:First,Iwanttothankyoufordoingthissurvey.Thisisano
Itiscustomaryforadultstoforgethowhardanddullandlongschoolis.T
Onaverage,Americankidsages3to12spent29hoursaweekinschool,eigh
特别值得一提的是,司马迁不仅参考皇家的历史记录,还走遍中国求证信息的真伪。Whatisparticularlyworthmentioningisth
三、教学语言技能 (一)教学语言技能的含义 教师在课堂上
采用3m直尺进行路面平整度测定时,应首尾相接连续测量()尺。A.3 B.5
注册会计师在与治理层沟通补充事项时,以下各项中不恰当的沟通内容是( )。A、注
碘量法测定维生素C的含量的方法中不包括A.使用新沸过的冷水,是为了减少水中溶解氧
当消费函数是一条通过原点且向右上方倾斜的直线时,则()。A.边际消费倾向递增
在必要情况下,收到检举材料和处理检举的相关部门及人员可以将被检举人姓名和检举材料
最新回复
(
0
)