The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.

  • -- Mason Cooley 梅森·库利

圣人与贤惠的少女和开明的君主属于同一种过时的套路。

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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.

一个人如果在私生活中没有高尚的情操,那么他就会,或者很快就会,对他的国家失去所有的尊重。很少有一个人因为背叛祖国而感到内疚,他以前从未在私人关系中丧失过道德义务的感觉。

When a subject becomes totally obsolete we make it a required course.

当一门学科完全过时时,我们就把它作为必修课。

Glorious as it had been, the city-state was obsolete.

这个城邦虽然曾经辉煌一时,但已经过时了。

Be virtuous and you will be vicious.

有德必有恶。