It is often laziness and timidity that keep us within our duty while virtue gets all the credit.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

常常是懒惰和胆怯使我们守在自己的职责之内,而美德却得到了所有的赞扬。

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Timidity is a fault for which it is dangerous to reprove persons whom we wish to correct of it.

胆怯是一种错误,因此责备我们希望纠正它的人是危险的。

When we hold back out of laziness, that is when we tie ourselves into knots of boredom.

当我们因懒惰而退缩时,我们就陷入了无聊之中。

Laziness. Unwarranted repose of manner in a person of low degree.

懒惰。地位低的人毫无根据的休息方式。

A timid man has little chance.

胆怯的人几乎没有机会。