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

-- Robert Smith Surtees 瑟蒂斯

被奉承成美德的人比被威逼出罪恶的人多。

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The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.

一个角色在精装书之间所需要拥有的唯一美德就是活力，即使他的名字是真实的，如果他在我们的想象中出现，他就通过了考验。

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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。

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Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

虽然野心本身是一种恶习，但它往往也是美德之母。

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I think my vice would be outdoing myself.

我想我的恶习会超过我自己。

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