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Virtue is a habit of the mind, consistent with nature and moderation and reason.
美德是一种心智的习惯,与自然、节制和理性相一致。
Our moral traditions developed concurrently with our reason, not as its product.
我们的道德传统是随着我们的理性而发展的,而不是作为理性的产物。
The only failure one should fear, is not hugging to the purpose they see as best.
一个人唯一应该害怕的失败,就是没有抱着他们认为最好的目标。
The supreme function of reason is to show man that some things are beyond reason.
理性的最高功能是告诉人们有些事情是超越理性的。
The reason I beat the Austrians is, they did not known the value of five minutes.
我打败奥地利人的原因是,他们不知道五分钟的价值。
For every good reason there is to lie, there is a better reason to tell the truth.
每一个说谎的好理由,都有一个说真话的更好的理由。
Because one doesn't like the way things are is no reason to be unjust towards God.
因为一个人不喜欢事物的本来面目,就没有理由对上帝不公正。
Many roads lead to the path, but basically there are only two: reason and practice.
有许多条路通向那条路,但基本上只有两条路:理性和实践。
He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak.
用吵闹和命令来建立论点的人,说明他的理性是软弱的。
The only reason I played golf was so that I could afford to go hunting and fishing.
我打高尔夫球的唯一原因是我有钱去打猎和钓鱼。
Everything happens for a reason, it’s up to you to determine the reason it happened.
每件事的发生都有原因,这取决于你决定它发生的原因。
Discretion is the perfection of reason, and a guide to us in all the duties of life.
谨慎是完美的理性,是我们生活中所有职责的向导。
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Man is a rational animal who always loses his temper when called upon to act in accordance with the dictates of reason.
人是理性的动物,当被要求按照理性的要求行事时,他总是发脾气。
As our enemies have found we can reason like men, so now let us show them we can fight like men also.
正如我们的敌人所发现的那样,我们可以像男人一样理性,所以现在让我们向他们展示,我们也可以像男人一样战斗。
I think England has served me very well. I like living in London for the reasons I gave. I have absolutely no intentions of cutting those ties. There is absolutely no reason to do so. Certainly not, so that I can have a swimming pool and a palm tree.
我认为英格兰对我很好。我喜欢住在伦敦是因为我给出的理由。我绝对没有切断这些联系的意图。完全没有理由这样做。当然不是,这样我就可以有一个游泳池和一棵棕榈树。
Man is a reasoning rather than a reasonable animal.
人是理性的动物,而不是理性的动物。
If an animal does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing for the same reason, we call it intelligence.
如果动物做了什么,我们称之为本能;如果我们出于同样的原因做同样的事情,我们称之为智慧。
When one man, for whatever reason, has the opportunity to lead an extraordinary life, he has no right to keep it to himself.
当一个人,无论出于什么原因,有机会过一种不平凡的生活,他没有权利把它留给自己。