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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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Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them.

每一门科学的基础都有一套固定不变的原则体系，就像宇宙受到这些原则的制约和支配一样。人不能制定原则;他只能发现它们。

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You know, that's kind of the thing, I can't freestyle and I used to always wonder why I couldn't, and when I would try once out of every six months, but I was always a great writer!

你知道，就是这样，我不会自由泳，我过去总是想知道为什么我不能，我什么时候会每六个月尝试一次，但我一直是一个伟大的作家!

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Oh, I see people everywhere. Some are celebs, but most of my friends are just regular people. The thing is, even celebs are normal people too. Just people.

哦，到处都是人。有些是名人，但我的大多数朋友只是普通人。问题是，即使是名人也是普通人。只是人。

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As it turns out, as an adult I can have a very unpleasant, fierce and unforgiving temper at times. But I don't think I had that when I was a kid.

事实证明，作为一个成年人，我有时会有一种非常不愉快、凶猛和无情的脾气。但我想我小时候没有。

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It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.

这似乎是一个奇怪的原则，阐明作为医院的第一要求，它应该不伤害病人。

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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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Old age has deformities enough of its own. It should never add to them the deformity of vice.

老年本身就有足够的畸形。这决不应该给他们增添罪恶的丑恶。

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Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

美德不能脱离现实而不成为邪恶的原则。

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Actors are good liars; writers are good liars with good memories.

演员是很好的说谎者;作家善于说谎，记忆力好。

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A little wind kindles, much puts out the fire.

小风易起，大火难熄灭。

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Fear is the lengthened shadow of ignorance.

恐惧是无知的延伸。

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The rewards of virtue alone abide secure.

只有美德的回报才可靠。

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Some carry moderation to extremes.

有些人极端温和。

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I still have a temper, I suppose.

我想我还是有脾气的。

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