Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

她觉得美德是一种太痛苦的努力,满足于永远保持体面。

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Life is filled with unanswered questions, but it is the courage to seek those answers that continues to give meaning to life. You can spend your life wallowing in despair, wondering why you were the one who was led towards the road strewn with pain, or you can be grateful that you are strong enough to survive it.

生活中充满了没有答案的问题,但只有勇气去寻找那些继续赋予生活意义的答案。你可以在绝望中度过一生,想知道为什么你是那个被带到充满痛苦的道路上的人,或者你可以庆幸自己足够坚强,能够挺过去。

A true critic ought to dwell upon excellencies rather than imperfections, to discover the concealed beauties of a writer, and communicate to the world such things as are worth their observation.

一个真正的评论家应该专注于优点而不是缺点,去发现一个作家隐藏的美,并向世界传达那些值得他们观察的东西。

Listen, I wish economic growth only went in one direction. It doesn't. There are economic downturns. They're painful, they're harmful, and they hurt families.

听着,我希望经济增长只有一个方向。它不是。经济出现了衰退。它们是痛苦的,有害的,会伤害到家庭。

I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.

当和平不是以基本的体面为代价买来的时候,我珍视它。

Practice no vice because it's trivial; neglect no virtue because it's so.

不要因为小事而作恶;不要因为美德而忽视它。

Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.

幸福不是美德的奖赏,而是美德本身。