The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good or evil.

一个悲哀的事实是最邪恶的事都是由那些心里没确定是从善或作恶的人做的。

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I used to look at my master's face to see if it were sad or fierce; but I could not remember the time when it had been so uniformly clear of clouds or evil feelings.

我常常观察我主人的脸，看看是不是有伤心或恼恨之情，但是在我的记忆中，他的面部从来没有像现在这样毫无愁容或怒色。

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Every schoolchild in Silicon Valley knows the sad story of how nice Steve Jobs helped to found Apple Computer, only for the evil bean-counters to evict him nine years later (now, of course, he's back).

ECONOMIST: Entrepreneurs are deluded: official