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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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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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The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.

一个角色在精装书之间所需要拥有的唯一美德就是活力，即使他的名字是真实的，如果他在我们的想象中出现，他就通过了考验。

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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly one's own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.

不为赞扬而欢呼，不为责备而悲伤，而是彻底了解自己的美德或能力，这是一个优秀的人的特点。

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I am not afraid of much. I kill all the spiders in my house, and I'm planning to go skydiving. I am into girl power, and I'm very self-sufficient.

我不害怕太多。我杀了家里所有的蜘蛛，我打算去跳伞。我喜欢女孩的力量，我很自信。

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After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

在被众多出版商拒绝后，他决定为子孙后代写作。

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Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.

永远记住，更好的日子就在前方——如果不是在今生，就是在下一世。

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Live the present, remember the past, and fear not the future.

活在当下，记住过去，不要害怕未来。

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A good plan today is better than a perfect plan tomorrow.

今天的好计划胜过明天的完美计划。

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