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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Yet it is in this loneliness that the deepest activities begin. It is here that you discover act without motion, labor that is profound repose, vision in obscurity, and, beyond all desire, a fulfillment whose limits extend to infinity.

然而,正是在这种孤独中,最深刻的活动才开始。正是在这里,你发现了没有运动的行动,那是深沉的休息的劳动,在朦胧中看到的远景,以及超越所有欲望的满足,它的极限延伸到无限。

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.

当美德和谦虚照亮她的魅力时,一个美丽女人的光彩就比天上的星星还要明亮,抵抗她的力量的影响是徒劳的。

I love being physical, but I don't have any desire to prove myself.

我喜欢身体接触,但我没有任何想要证明自己的欲望。

What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married?

除了已婚人士的工会主义,还有什么美德?