Moral excellence comes about as a result of habit. We become just by doing just acts, temperate by doing temperate acts, brave by doing brave acts.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

优秀的品德是习惯的结果。我们通过正义的行为变得正义,通过有节制的行为变得有节制,通过勇敢的行为变得勇敢。

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Whatever course you decide upon, there is always someone to tell you that you are wrong. There are always difficulties arising which tempt you to believe that your critics are right. To map out a course of action and follow it to an end requires courage.

无论你决定走哪条路,总会有人告诉你,你错了。总有一些困难使你相信那些批评你的人是对的。制定行动计划并坚持到底需要勇气。

Natural Selection never made it come to pass, as a habit of nature, that an unsupported stone should move downwards rather than upwards. It applies to no part of inorganic nature, and is very limited even in the phenomena of organic life.

自然选择从来没有让一块没有支撑的石头向下移动而不是向上移动成为自然的一种习惯。它并不适用于无机自然的任何部分,甚至在有机生命的现象中也非常有限。

Men of thoughtless actions are always surprised by consequences.

做事轻率的人总是对结果感到惊讶。

Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow.

今天的坏习惯比明天更容易改掉。

Courage is always the surest wisdom.

勇敢永远是最可靠的智慧。

He who pays well may borrow again.

付得好的人可以再借钱。