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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In truth, politeness is artificial good humor, it covers the natural want of it, and ends by rendering habitual a substitute nearly equivalent to the real virtue.

事实上,礼貌是一种人造的好幽默,它掩盖了人们对它的自然缺乏,并以使习惯性成为几乎等同于真正美德的替代品而告终。

I’ll never be able to give you everything you deserve, but I’ll definitely spend the rest of my life trying.

我永远无法给你你应得的一切,但我肯定会用我的余生去尝试。

True strength is being able to hold it together when no one would blame you for completely falling apart.

真正的力量是当没有人会因为你彻底崩溃而责备你的时候,你能坚持住。

There is no Pleasure like that of receiving Praise from the Praiseworthy.

从值得赞美的人那里得到赞美,是一种无比的快乐。

Maybe making out for a few minutes would help us figure things out.

也许亲热几分钟能帮我们解决问题。

Nothing in our times has become so unattractive as virtue.

在我们这个时代,没有什么比美德更没有吸引力了。

I don't really feel that I deserve all my applause.

我真的觉得我不值得所有的掌声。

Faint praise is akin to abuse.

微弱的表扬类似于辱骂。