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Vice
More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.
被奉承成美德的人比被威逼出罪恶的人多。
It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
恶的作用是把善保持在合理的范围之内。
Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.
亵渎是一种残忍的恶习。沉溺其中的人不是君子。
As far as I'm concerned, I prefer silent vice to ostentatious virtue.
就我而言,比起浮夸的美德,我更喜欢沉默的恶习。
The difference is too nice - Where ends the virtue or begins the vice.
这种差别太好了——美德在哪里结束,罪恶在哪里开始。
Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.
虽然野心本身是一种恶习,但它往往也是美德之母。
Though ambition itself be a vice, yet it is often times the cause of virtues.
虽然野心本身是一种恶习,但它往往是美德的根源。
Vice Is like a fury to the vicious mind, And turns delight itself to punishment.
邪恶之心,好像忿怒,将喜乐变为刑罚。
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。
Let them show me a cottage where there are not the same vices of which they accuse the courts.
让他们带我去看一间小屋,那儿没有他们指控法庭的那种罪恶。
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。
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。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
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。
I think being an actor makes me a better writer and vice versa. I know the kinds of roles I would kill to play, and I try to create them for others.
我认为当演员使我成为一个更好的作家,反之亦然。我知道我想要扮演什么样的角色,我试着为别人创造这样的角色。
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.
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。
I think my vice would be outdoing myself.
我想我的恶习会超过我自己。
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。
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。