It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

  • -- Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒

恶的作用是把善保持在合理的范围之内。

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Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.

宽容是一种很枯燥的美德。它是无聊的。不像爱情,它总是有一个坏的媒体。它是负的。它只是意味着容忍别人,能够忍受事情。

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

节制被称为一种美德,它能限制伟人的野心,并能安慰平庸之辈,因为他们缺乏财富和优点。

Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

老年本身就有足够的畸形。这决不应该给他们增添罪恶的丑恶。

More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.

被奉承成美德的人比被威逼出罪恶的人多。