It is always one's virtues and not one's vices that precipitate one into disaster.

  • -- Rebecca West 丽贝卡·韦斯特

使一个人陷入灾难的总是他的优点,而不是他的缺点。

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Evil borders upon good, and vices are confounded with virtues; as the report of good qualities is delightful to a well-disposed mind, so the relation of the contrary should not be offensive.

恶与善为邻,恶与善混淆;正如对一个善良的人来说,报告自己的好品质是令人愉快的,因此,与之相反的关系也不应该是令人不快的。