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A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

  • -- Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒

美德要有用，就像黄金一样，必须用更普通、更耐用的合金来合金化。

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Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

宽容是一种很枯燥的美德。它是无聊的。不像爱情，它总是有一个坏的媒体。它是负的。它只是意味着容忍别人，能够忍受事情。

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If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest.

如果崇高的死亡是美德的最主要部分，那么我们比所有人都更幸运，我们带着自由的皇冠为希腊而奋斗，我们死了，在无尽的荣耀中安息。

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I live to hail that season by gifted one foretold, when men shall live by reason, and not alone by gold.

我活着是为了向那个季节欢呼，因为有一位有天赋的先知曾预言，当人们将理性地生活，而不仅仅是靠黄金。

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You may speak with your gold and make other tongues silent.

你可以用你的金子说话，也可以使别人缄默。

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