One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

  • -- Boethius 博伊修斯

一个人的美德是他真正拥有的一切,因为它不会因命运的变迁而受到威胁。

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It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.

凡人的美或人间的美德,若被过于强烈的光审视,是很危险的。真理的火炬向我们展示了许多我们不能看到的,以及我们不愿看到的。

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。