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美德
Virtue
Our culture peculiarly honors the act of blaming, which it takes as the sign of virtue and intellect.
我们的文化特别推崇指责行为，认为这是美德和智慧的标志。
In the intellectual order, the virtue of humility is nothing more nor less than the power of attention.
在知识分子的秩序中，谦逊的美德不亚于专注的力量。
Never try to lock the virtue’s door with the key of vice it may lock forever; never to be opened again.
永远不要试图用一把邪恶的钥匙去锁美德的门，它可能永远锁着;再也不打开了。
To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
要安全地走过人生的迷宫，就需要智慧之光和美德的指引。
A man must be both stupid and uncharitable who believes there is no virtue or truth but on his own side.
如果一个人认为只有他自己才有美德或真理，那么他一定既愚蠢又无情。
The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them.
一个好女人的道路上确实撒满了鲜花;但他们是站在她的身后，而不是前面。
Virtue is more clearly shown in the performance of fine actions than in the non-performance of base ones.
良好的行为比卑劣的行为更能体现美德。
The spiritual virtue of a sacrament is like light; although it passes among the impure, it is not polluted.
圣礼的精神美德就像光;它虽经过污秽之地，却未受污染。
Any of us can achieve virtue, if by virtue we merely mean the avoidance of the vices that do not attract us.
我们任何人都可以达到美德，如果我们的美德仅仅意味着避免那些吸引我们的恶习。
Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
美德比邪恶更可怕，因为它的过分行为不受良心的约束。
We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
我们倾向于喜欢赞美，但却不配。但如果我们想要得到它，我们必须更爱美德。
Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.
美德就是幸福，幸福是功能的副产品。当你在工作时，你是快乐的。
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When women love us, they forgive us everything, even our crimes; when they do not love us, they give us credit for nothing, not even our virtues.
当女人爱我们时，她们会原谅我们的一切，甚至包括我们的罪行;当他们不爱我们的时候，他们会毫无理由地赞扬我们，甚至是我们的美德。
All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.
所有不符合公认美德的同情，都是伪装的自私。
Some rise by sin, and some by virtue fall.
有些人因罪恶而上升，有些人因美德而堕落。
Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.
毅力是一种不可低估的美德。
Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.
美德超群的人最有权利造反，但他们是所有人中最不愿意造反的。