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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。

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Faculty met, and after the usual business, some conversation was had about certain students being addicted to drinking, and it was reported that a citizen of the village had informed a member of the Faculty that there was a good deal of drinking this term among the students.

教员们见了面，在例行公事之后，就某些学生酗酒的问题进行了一些谈话。据报道，村里的一位居民告诉教员，这学期学生中有很多人酗酒。

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All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

所有人也将铭记这一神圣的原则，即虽然多数人的意愿在所有情况下都占上风，但这种合法的意愿必须是合理的;少数人拥有平等的权利，而平等的法律必须保护这些权利，侵犯这些权利就是压迫。

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It's a terrible thing to say I know. I've only done what I wanted to do. It's a real luxury. I only made the pictures I wanted to make and lived in the places I've wanted to live. I'm very, very happy.

我知道这么说很糟糕。我只做了我想做的事。这是真正的奢侈品。我只拍我想拍的照片，住在我想住的地方。我非常非常高兴。

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I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men.

我认为，人类的利益意味着每个人都能获得他所能享受的一切幸福，而不损害他的同胞的幸福。

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And i wish you weren't worth the wait because there are some things i would like to say to you, and i don't think you know what you've been missing.

我希望你不值得等待，因为有些话我想对你说，但我想你不知道你错过了什么。

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Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

美德超群的人最有权利造反，但他们是所有人中最不愿意造反的。

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Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.

每一种恶行都曾是一种美德，并可能再次受到尊敬，就像战争时期的仇恨会受到尊敬一样。

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A little more moderation would be good. Of course, my life hasn't exactly been one of moderation.

适度一点是好的。当然，我的生活并不完全是适度的。

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When a fellow says it ain't the money but the principle of the thing, it's the money.

当一个人说，重要的不是钱，而是事情的原则，那就是钱。

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I've struggled so hard to reign in my temper because it actually terrifies me.

我一直在努力控制自己的脾气，因为我真的很害怕。

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Never do anything when you are in a temper, for you will do everything wrong.

千万不要在你生气的时候做任何事情，因为你会把一切都做错。

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Virtue consisted in avoiding scandal and venereal disease.

美德在于避免丑闻和性病。

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My only aversion to vice, is the price.

我对罪恶唯一的厌恶就是代价。

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Some carry moderation to extremes.

有些人极端温和。

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