For decades I read this catalogue of crimes and thumbed its pages each day for fresh evidence of guilt, shame and justification for self-punishment.

几十年来，我阅读自己的罪恶，每天每天为这些罪恶和耻辱寻找新的证据，为自我惩罚寻找合理的依据。

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Speakers have no need to "convince" anyone of anything, nor are they obligated to bear the burden of proof or self-justification.

发言人不必去向任何人“说服”任何事，去承担证明责任或自我辩护也不是他们的义务。

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But is this brain drain real, or merely a bit of self-justification?

这是真正的人才流失，还是仅仅是他们的一个自辩的理由呢？

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What is scathing about it is that Frost gives up all justification for self-interest.

讽刺的是,弗罗斯特因为个人兴趣放弃了所有的正当理由。

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When the loser stock suddenly takes off and rewards the dumb buyer, the smart investor will most certainly find a pathway to self-justification and his rightness remains intact.

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Turkish self-justification is as romantic as it is defiant.

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