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美德
Virtue
Where you see valid achievements or virtue being attacked, it's by someone viewing them as a mirror of their own inadequacy instead of an inspiring beacon for excellence.
当你看到有效的成就或美德受到攻击时，那是因为有人把它们看作是自己不足的一面镜子，而不是通向卓越的鼓舞人心的灯塔。
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。
It is dangerous for mortal beauty, or terrestrial virtue, to be examined by too strong a light. The torch of Truth shows much that we cannot, and all that we would not, see.
凡人的美或人间的美德，若被过于强烈的光审视，是很危险的。真理的火炬向我们展示了许多我们不能看到的，以及我们不愿看到的。
Tolerance is a very dull virtue. It is boring. Unlike love, it has always had a bad press. It is negative. It merely means putting up with people, being able to stand things.
宽容是一种很枯燥的美德。它是无聊的。不像爱情，它总是有一个坏的媒体。它是负的。它只是意味着容忍别人，能够忍受事情。
Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm - Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.
美德可能受到攻击，但永远不会受到伤害;是的，即使是最有害的伤害，在快乐的试炼中也会证明是最光荣的。
The only virtue a character needs to possess between hardcovers, even if he bears a real person's name, is vitality: if he comes to life in our imaginations, he passes the test.
一个角色在精装书之间所需要拥有的唯一美德就是活力，即使他的名字是真实的，如果他在我们的想象中出现，他就通过了考验。
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
在任何读过历史的人看来，不服从是人的本性。进步是通过不服从，通过不服从和反叛取得的。
All matter originates and exists only by virtue of a force... We must assume behind this force the existence of a conscious and intelligent Mind. This Mind is the matrix of all matter.
所有物质的起源和存在都只靠一种力……我们必须假定，在这种力量的背后，存在着一个有意识的、有智慧的头脑。心灵是一切物质的母体。
Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired.
希望是活着的状态所固有的最早的和最不可缺少的美德。如果要维持生命，就必须保持希望，即使信心受损，信任也会受损。
Poetry has the virtue of being able to say twice as much as prose in half the time, and the drawback, if you do not give it your full attention, of seeming to say half as much in twice the time.
诗歌的优点是能够在一半的时间里说两倍于散文的话，缺点是，如果你没有把全部的注意力放在诗歌上，那么你似乎在两倍的时间里说了一半的话。
Many a person has held close, throughout their entire lives, two friends that always remained strange to one another, because one of them attracted by virtue of similarity, the other by difference.
许多人一生中都紧紧地抓住两个彼此陌生的朋友，因为其中一个因为相似而相互吸引，另一个因为不同而相互吸引。
One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.
一个人不一定生来就有勇气，但他天生就有潜力。没有勇气，我们就不能持之以恒地实践任何其他美德。我们不能善良、真诚、仁慈、慷慨或诚实。
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Humility is the solid foundation of all virtues.
谦逊是一切美德的坚实基础。
If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest.
如果崇高的死亡是美德的最主要部分，那么我们比所有人都更幸运，我们带着自由的皇冠为希腊而奋斗，我们死了，在无尽的荣耀中安息。
Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.
智慧从清洁和平安的心而生，好像百物从地里露出来一样。要安全地走过人生的迷宫，就需要智慧之光和美德的指引。
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。
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。
Folded hands may conceal a dagger likewise a foe's tears.
双手合十也能藏起匕首，敌人的眼泪也一样。