Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.

  • -- Edgar Watson Howe 埃德加·沃森·豪

如果不同程度的男人和女人都假装拥有美德,那么美德一定是有价值的。

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Man is defined as a human being and a woman as a female - whenever she behaves as a human being she is said to imitate the male.

男人被定义为一个人,女人被定义为一个女人——每当她表现得像一个人的时候,她就会模仿男人。

Terrible and sublime thought, that every moment is supreme for some man and woman, every hour the apotheosis of some passion!

可怕而崇高的思想:对某些男女来说,每一刻都是至高无上的,每一小时都是某种激情的顶峰!

Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.

美德有它自己的奖赏,却没有票房。

Virtue is insufficient temptation.

美德是不够的诱惑。