Showing up for my partner, and our marriage, as my best self matters far more now than it ever did before.

把最美好的自己呈献给我的伴侣以及我们的婚姻，这比之前任何时候都更为重要。

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What matters is to learn to perceive property, people or situations in ways that reduce the temptation to lie, to steal or behave in a self-destructive way.

重要的是学会以减少说谎，偷窃诱惑的方式，降低自我毁灭行为的方式去获取财富，支持者或是职位。

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It may be convenient to be defended by the world's superpower, but self-respect matters too.

得到超级大国的保护或许能便利许多，但是自尊同样很重要。

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It is not the survival of the self that matters, of course not, for we all know that that ends.

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