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Virtue is insufficient temptation.

  • -- George Bernard Shaw 萧伯纳

美德是不够的诱惑。

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The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.

诱惑的全部神秘之处在于，它向我们暗示了罪恶，并被一种突如其来的热情所扫荡，这种热情有时和上帝在我们身上所产生的对美德的热情一样强烈。

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In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known.

因此，在一种极其平等和美德的状态下，在一种纯粹和简单的礼仪占主导地位的情况下，人类的增长显然将远远超过迄今所知的任何增长。

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Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

节制被称为一种美德，它能限制伟人的野心，并能安慰平庸之辈，因为他们缺乏财富和优点。

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Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.

保密是忠诚的美德，正如忠诚是忠诚的美德。

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No temptation can ever be measured by the value of its object.

任何诱惑都不能以其对象的价值来衡量。

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Hypocrisy is the homage which vice pays to virtue.

虚伪是罪恶对美德的崇敬。

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