Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.

  • -- Bernard de Mandeville 曼德维尔

因为厚颜无耻是一种恶习,所以并不意味着谦虚是一种美德;它建立在羞耻的基础上,是我们天性中的一种激情,根据动机所产生的行为,它可以是好是坏。

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Seek happiness for its own sake, and you will not find it; seek for duty, and happiness will follow as the shadow comes with the sunshine.

为幸福而追求幸福,你不会找到它;追求责任,幸福就会随着阳光而来。

It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

恶的作用是把善保持在合理的范围之内。

Follow your own way and let people think what they want.

走自己的路,让别人想他们想要的。