personal spite

基本解释

You have to know, writing poetry is not to vent personal spite;
你要懂得，寫作詩歌不是發泄私憤；
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A man does what he must----in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures----and that is the basis of all human morality.
一個人將個人得失，障礙、危險還有壓力拋在腦後，衹是做他必須做的，而這便是人類一切道德的基礎。
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Man does what he must------in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures------and that is the basis of all human morality.
無論個人結果怎樣，無論要經歷多少阻礙，危險和壓力，一個人必須做他該做的事情，這是一切人類道德的基礎。
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