Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

  • -- Napoleon Bonaparte 拿破仑·波拿巴

人们更容易被他们的恶习所左右,而不是被他们的美德所左右。

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Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure.

虽然所有好的艺术都是为了把人的思想从罪恶中拉出来,并把它引向更美好的事物,但这一功能可以通过艺术得到更充分的发挥,它也提供了非凡的智力乐趣。

The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

美德的名义和伪装对自身利益和真正的罪恶一样有用。

The virtues and vices are all put in motion by interest.

美德和恶习都是由兴趣引起的。

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

犯罪和美德一样,都是对自己的奖赏。