Popularly, one refers cynically to "human nature" in accepting the inevitability of such undesirable human behavior as greed, murder, cheating and lying.

通常，人们在承认诸如贪婪、谋杀、作弊和说谎等人的不良行为的不可避免性时，会冷嘲热讽地提到“人性”。

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They are moving away from the old stress on individual failings (stealing, lying, cheating) and talking more about the fate of humanity as a whole.

他们不再像过去那样多的谈论个人弱点(偷窃、撒谎、欺骗)的压力，而更多的谈论人性作为一个整体的命运。

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That is, money is not something sought for its own sake is the cause of all sorts of evil-lying, stealing, cheating, robbery, and even murder.

那就是说，追逐金钱本身是导致一切邪恶，如撒谎、偷窃、欺骗、抢劫甚至谋杀的原因。

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And you can turn on the television anytime and find some show, fictional or not, where someone gets what they want through lying and cheating, and is rewarded handsomely for doing so.

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