There are blasphemous actions as well as blasphemous words: all unloving, cruel deeds acted blasphemy . 有褻瀆神圣的言辭,也有褻瀆神圣的行為:一切沒有憐惜的、殘酷的行為,實(shí)際都是褻瀆神圣。
“ the inferior creatures groan under your cruelties 低等的生靈在你殘酷的行為下呻吟著。
His crotchety , even cruel behavior must be mischaracterized too 他反復(fù)無常、甚至是殘酷的行為一定也是由于復(fù)雜的性格原因。
He was given the name of pius by the senate , 10 either because , when his father - in law was old and weak , he lent him a supporting hand in his attendance at the senate ( which act , indeed , is not sufficient as a token of great dutifulness , since a man were rather undutiful who did not perform this service than dutiful if he did ) , or because he spared those men whom hadrian in his ill - health had condemned to death , or because after hadrian ' s death he had unbounded and extraordinary honours decreed for him in spite of opposition from all , or because , when hadrian wished to make away with himself , by great care and watchfulness he prevented him from so doing , 11 or because he was in fact very kindly by nature and did no harsh deed in his own time 他被元老院授予皮烏斯的名字( 10 ) ,或者因?yàn)椋?dāng)他的岳父年老衰弱的時(shí)候,他扶著他出席元老院(這行為,的確,不是一個(gè)充份表現(xiàn)恭順的例證,因?yàn)橐粋€(gè)人寧可不恭順而不做這種服務(wù),而不是這樣恭順地去做) ,或因?yàn)樗埶×四切┕铝荚诓≈忻钐幩赖娜?,或因?yàn)樵诠铝妓篮?,他不顧所有人的反?duì),下令給他非常崇高的榮譽(yù),或因?yàn)?,哈德良想要自殺時(shí),他以很好的照料和謹(jǐn)慎避免了此事( 11 ) ,或因?yàn)樗聦?shí)上天性非常和藹,而且在他的時(shí)期沒有殘酷的行為。