The word virtue is as useful to self-interest as the vices.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

美德这个词对个人利益和罪恶一样有用。

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Every form of addiction is bad, no matter whether the narcotic be alcohol or morphine or idealism.

任何形式的上瘾都是不好的,不管上瘾的是酒精、吗啡还是理想主义。

On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

总的来说,人类想要变好,但不是太好,也不是一直都很好。

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

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。

The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.

妇女的事业一般是美德的事业。