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We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

  • -- William Penn 威廉·佩恩

我们倾向于喜欢赞美，但却不配。但如果我们想要得到它，我们必须更爱美德。

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The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.

一个角色在精装书之间所需要拥有的唯一美德就是活力，即使他的名字是真实的，如果他在我们的想象中出现，他就通过了考验。

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Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling.

躺在床上是一种完美的、至高无上的体验，只要你有一支足够长的彩色铅笔在天花板上画画。

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How many times do we forgive someone just because we don't want to lose them, even though they don't deserve our forgiveness?

有多少次，我们只是因为不想失去某人而原谅他们，即使他们不值得我们原谅?

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If past history was all there was to the game, the richest people would be librarians.

如果过去的历史是游戏的全部，那么最有钱的人将是图书管理员。

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We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

我们常常把最值得感恩的事情视为理所当然。

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What is a weed? A plant whose virtues have not yet been discovered .

什么是杂草?一种美德尚未被发现的植物。

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In doing what we ought we deserve no praise.

做自己应该做的事，不值得表扬。

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Praise paves the way to friendship.

赞美为友谊铺路。

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