A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
美德
Virtue
Virtue practiced to be seen is not real virtue; vice which fears to be seen is real vice.
实践出来的美德不是真正的美德;害怕被人看见的恶习才是真正的恶习。
Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.
智慧就是知道下一步该做什么;技巧就是知道如何去做，美德就是去做。
On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.
总的来说，人类想要变好，但不是太好，也不是一直都很好。
To think ill of mankind and not wish ill to them, is perhaps the highest wisdom and virtue.
把人类想得不好而不希望他们受到伤害，这也许是最高的智慧和美德。
Human diversity makes tolerance more than a virtue; it makes it a requirement for survival.
人类的多样性使宽容超过美德;这是生存的必要条件。
Courage is not simply one of the virtues, but the form of every virtue at the testing point.
勇气不仅仅是一种美德，而是每一种美德在考验时刻的表现形式。
Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well.
每个人都必须在美德上力争卓越;那个人活得比第一次好两次。
Real genius is nothing else but the supernatural virtue of humility in the domain of thought.
真正的天才不过是思想领域中谦逊的超自然美德。
Only on paper has humanity yet achieved glory, beauty, truth, knowledge, virtue, and abiding love.
只有在纸上，人类才能获得荣耀、美丽、真理、知识、美德和永恒的爱。
A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.
美德要有用，就像黄金一样，必须用更普通、更耐用的合金来合金化。
One's virtue is all that one truly has, because it is not imperiled by the vicissitudes of fortune.
一个人的美德是他真正拥有的一切，因为它不会因命运的变迁而受到威胁。
Her virtue was that she said what she thought, her vice that what she thought didn't amount to much.
她的优点是她想说什么就说什么，她的缺点是她的想法无足轻重。
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Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
谦虚不仅是装饰品，而且是美德的守卫。
Virtue is not left to stand alone.
美德不是孤立的。
Blessedness is not the reward of virtue but virtue itself.
幸福不是美德的奖赏，而是美德本身。
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
感恩不仅是最大的美德，也是其他美德之母。
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
当美德和谦虚照亮她的魅力时，一个美丽女人的光彩就比天上的星星还要明亮，抵抗她的力量的影响是徒劳的。