A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
美德
Virtue
Cling to the One who clings to nothing; And so clinging, cease to cling.
紧紧抓住一个一无所有的人;所以执着,停止执着。
Truth, and goodness, and beauty are but different faces of the same all.
真、善、美不过是同一事物的不同面貌。
It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue.
在自由和美德的事业中,成为少数派并不可耻。
By virtue of believing in a Supreme Being one embraces certain mysteries.
由于相信至高无上的存在,一个人拥抱某些神秘。
Practice no vice because it's trivial; neglect no virtue because it's so.
不要因为小事而作恶;不要因为美德而忽视它。
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。
Virtue is relative to the actions and ages of each of us in all that we do.
美德与我们每个人的行为和年龄有关。
Sometimes we need to remind ourselves that thankfulness is indeed a virtue.
有时候我们需要提醒自己,感恩确实是一种美德。
Virtue must be valuable, if men and women of all degrees pretend to have it.
如果不同程度的男人和女人都假装拥有美德,那么美德一定是有价值的。
Those are fools however learned who have not learned to walk with the world.
没有学会与世界同行的人,才是有学问的傻瓜。
Every life is a march from innocence, through temptation, to virtue or vice.
每个人的一生都是一个从天真,通过诱惑,到美德或罪恶的过程。
Happiness is secured through virtue; it is a good attained by man's own will.
幸福是通过美德获得的;这是人的意志所能达到的善。
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The Cause of Women is generally the Cause of Virtue.
妇女的事业一般是美德的事业。
Virtue is not photogenic. What is it to be a nice guy? To be nothing, that's what. A big fat zero with a smile for everybody.
美德不上镜。做一个好人是什么意思?一无所有,就是这样。一个大大的胖胖的零号,对着大家微笑。
Blushing is the color of virtue.
脸红是美德的颜色。
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。
Victory has hundred fathers and defeat is an orphan.
胜利有一百个父亲,失败是一个孤儿。