When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.

  • -- Barbara Amiel 艾米尔

当美德自由时,某种程度上罪恶也自由了。

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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。

Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

美德比邪恶更可怕,因为它的过分行为不受良心的约束。

I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust.

因此,我请求你允许我放弃这一艰巨的任务。

When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

当人们放弃思考的特权时,自由的最后阴影就会离开地平线。