Often devotion to virtue arises from sated desire.

  • -- Adela Florence Nicolson 阿德拉·弗洛伦斯·尼科尔森

对美德的忠诚往往源于满足的欲望。

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Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

生活应该是一场渴望冒险的斗争,这种冒险的崇高品质会滋养灵魂。

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

当我们为后代做打算时,我们应该记住美德不是遗传的。

So dancing was not something I had a great desire to do.

所以跳舞并不是我很想做的事情。

Make foes of bowmen if you must, never of penmen.

如果你一定要与弓箭手为敌,千万不要与笔友为敌。