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Vice
Gluttony is not a secret vice.
暴食并不是一种秘密的恶习。
My only aversion to vice, is the price.
我对罪恶唯一的厌恶就是代价。
Avarice is the vice of declining years.
贪婪是暮年的恶习。
I think my vice would be outdoing myself.
我想我的恶习会超过我自己。
Pleasure is the greatest incentive to vice.
快乐是罪恶的最大诱因。
Vice may be learnt, even without a teacher.
即使没有老师,恶习也可以习得。
Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.
我们的信心来自瞬间;我们的恶习已成习惯。
In the midst of vice we are in virtue, and vice versa.
在罪恶中我们是美德,反之亦然。
Flippancy, the most hopeless form of intellectual vice.
轻率,是智力上最无望的恶习。
Ignorance is the primary source of all misery and vice.
无知是一切痛苦和罪恶的根源。
The worst vice of the solitary is the worship of his food.
孤独者最大的恶习是对食物的崇拜。
The disgrace of others often keeps tender minds from vice.
别人的耻辱常使温柔的心远离罪恶。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.
唯一不能原谅的恶习是虚伪。伪君子悔改本身就是伪善。
The more you work, the more people see your work and would like to work with you, and vice versa.
你工作的越多,就有越多的人看到你的工作并愿意和你一起工作,反之亦然。
Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.
恶有恶报。这是一种美德,如果它要在市场上引起消费者的兴趣,就必须贴上绿色盾牌的邮票。
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。
A portion of mankind take pride in their vices and pursue their purpose; many more waver between doing what is right and complying with what is wrong.
一部分人以他们的罪恶为傲,追求他们的目标;在做对和做错之间摇摆不定的人要多得多。
The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.
思想是由题材的多样性和多样性来锻炼的,而性格是由对美德和邪恶的沉思来塑造的。