We are not the sage and escape the infliction of love.

我们不是圣人，摆脱不了感情的折磨。

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In saying that the infliction of pain, simply in itself, is bad, we are not saying that pain ought never to be inflicted.

当我们说单就造成痛苦这一行为本身而言它是一桩坏事，我们并不是说永远不应造成痛苦。

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He's not a friend, he's an infliction.

他不是一个朋友，而是一个负担。

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So the doctrine came to mean vindication of truth, not by infliction of suffering on the opponent, but on oneself.

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