We gain the strength of the temptation we resist.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

我们获得了抵制诱惑的力量。

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We sometimes confuse the feeling of temptation with that of giving into temptation. The danger here is that sometimes, feeling that we have allowed ourselves to fall, we despair of ourselves and allow ourselves to fall further.

我们有时会混淆诱惑和屈服于诱惑的感觉。这里的危险在于,有时,我们觉得自己让自己堕落了,我们对自己绝望,让自己进一步堕落。

I feel like it's always about embracing what it is that you think is wrong with you. It's often times your greatest 'flaw' which actually forays into what is also your greatest strength.

我觉得总是要接受你认为自己有问题的地方。这往往是你最大的“缺点”,而实际上它却侵犯了你最大的优点。

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

要抵抗老年的寒冷,就必须把身体、思想和心灵结合起来。为了保持这些活力,我们必须锻炼、学习和热爱。

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

婚姻之所以受欢迎,是因为它结合了最大的诱惑和最大的机会。

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

有野心的人手握伤害的力量是危险的。