人不为己天诛地灭

观察观察一些见利忘义的密友，让我知道人不为己天诛地灭！

Look around the selfish close friend , I know that a man lives only for itself !

这种观点认为，这些青年看到了把他们花销收进自己腰包的政客、骗走他们奖金的银行家，也看清了人不为己天诛地灭的道理。

These youths , the argument runs , see politicians who fiddle their expenses , or bankers who fiddle their bonuses , and see no reason not to help themselves .

但是他对自己的低薪待遇并不怨恨，因为他很懂得人不为己天诛地灭的哲学。为先贤所诟病的人不为己，天诛地灭，已经成为大家心照不宣的行为标准。

But he wasn 't indignant about his low pay , he understood that everybody had to take care of themselves . " Everyone for himself and the devil take the hindmost " - a conduct condemned by scholars of the past - has now become an unspoken standard behaviour .

人不为己，天诛地灭。

Every man for himself , and the devil takes the hindmost .

保护自己，是自然界最原始的法则；人不为己，天诛地灭。

Self-preservation is the first law of nature .

一旦“人不为己，天诛地灭”的逻辑占据人们的思想，我们真的还能相信人们会按社群主义的方式行事、抵御住在贸易等其它领域算旧账的诱惑？

Once the logic of " each man for himself " takes hold , can we really trust everyone to act in a communitarian way and resist the temptation to settle scores in other areas , such as trade ?