Virtue, perhaps, is nothing more than politeness of soul.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

也许,美德只不过是心灵上的礼貌。

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We are more thoroughly an enlightened people, with respect to our political interests, than perhaps any other under heaven. Every man among us reads, and is so easy in his circumstances as to have leisure for conversations of improvement and for acquiring information.

就我们的政治利益而言,我们比世界上任何其他民族都更彻底地是一个开明的民族。我们当中的每一个人都读书,在他所处的环境中,读书是如此的容易,以致于有空闲的时间来讨论进步和获取信息。

A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。

All virtue is summed up in dealing justly.

一切美德都可以归结为公正待人。

Perhaps I am stronger than I think.

也许我比我想象的更强大。