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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No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues.

这个国家从来没有人乞求过,因为所有人的家都是共同的;他们认为慷慨和好客是首要的美德。

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

在现实中,我们的美德往往与伪装起来的恶习无异。