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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

当我们为后代做打算时，我们应该记住美德不是遗传的。

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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

智慧从清洁和平安的心而生，好像百物从地里露出来一样。要安全地走过人生的迷宫，就需要智慧之光和美德的指引。

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It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.

后代不太可能爱上我们，但也不是不可能尊重或同情我们;所以一个人宁愿留下他的精神画像，也不愿留下他的脸画像。

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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

我想人们不会因为什么而记住我。但我不会用这些术语来思考我的工作。为子孙后代而工作和为金钱而工作一样庸俗。

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I remember in Shallow Grave I remember a few times when we'd only have to do one take. But when you did have to do more than one, you'd build on the one you'd done.

我记得在浅浅的坟墓里，有几次我们只需要拍一次。但是当你不得不做不止一件事的时候，你就会在你已经做过的事情的基础上再做一件。

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To talk about planning an economic system is to talk in old terms, and I find myself sometimes having to teach Westers about what the market really means.

谈论计划经济体系就是用旧的术语来谈论，我发现自己有时不得不教西方人士市场的真正含义。

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I remember looking in the mirror and telling myself how ugly i was. I felt so disgusted with myself.

我记得我看着镜子告诉自己我有多丑。我对自己感到很厌恶。

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Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

美德是勇敢的，善良从来无所畏惧。

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Silly toad: planning a meal of goose!

傻癞蛤蟆:计划吃一顿鹅肉!

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