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No one of this nation ever begs, for the houses of all are common to all; and they consider liberality and hospitality amongst the first virtues.

  • -- Giraldus Cambrensis 吉拉度

这个国家从来没有人乞求过，因为所有人的家都是共同的;他们认为慷慨和好客是首要的美德。

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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

有一种夸大其词的成分附属于大众的判断:大恶习愈演愈烈，大美德也愈演愈烈;有趣的事件变得更有趣，更柔和的传说变得更柔和。

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The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.

人们最初由于所选择的位置而被迫养成了在桩子上盖房子的习惯，后来就像在荷兰一样，人们也把这种习惯作为一种品味来遵循。

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Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

每个人都怀疑自己至少有一种基本的美德。

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There is always a way to be honest without being brutal.

总有一种方法既诚实又不残忍。

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Women view men like houses. They look for fixer-uppers.

女人视男人如房子。他们在寻找能解决问题的人。

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The fairer the hostess the fouler the reckoning.

女主人越漂亮，账单就越乱。

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