Some virtues are only seen in affliction and others only in prosperity.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

有些美德只出现在苦难中,而另一些美德只出现在顺境中。

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May God be with me! May Heaven bless this New Year. May it be a year of fruitfulness, of peace and prosperity; may it be a year of peace and unity for all mankind; may the world be freed of cholera.

愿上帝与我同在!愿上帝保佑新年。愿这一年硕果累累,和平繁荣;愿这是人类和平统一的一年;愿世界摆脱霍乱。

One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.

一个人的美德是他真正拥有的一切,因为它不会因命运的变迁而受到威胁。

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

她觉得美德是一种太痛苦的努力,满足于永远保持体面。

When I am in the cellar of affliction, I look for the Lord's choicest wines.

我在患难的地窖里,寻求耶和华佳美的酒。

We must pronounce him fortunate who has ended his life in fair prosperity.

我们必须宣布他是幸运的,因为他在相当的繁荣中结束了自己的生命。

Afflictions are but the shadows of God's wings.

患难不过是神翅膀的影儿。