No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments of our hearts and the principle we act from: but the seeds of every passion are innate to us, and nobody comes into the world without them.

  • -- Bernard de Mandeville 曼德维尔

没有一种习惯或品质比虚伪更容易获得,也没有一种东西比否认我们内心的情感和行为准则更容易学会。但是,每一种激情的种子都是与生俱来的,没有人不带着它们来到这个世界。

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The beauty of a face is not a separate quality but a relation or proportion of qualities to each other.

面孔的美不是一种单独的品质,而是品质之间的关系或比例。

A nail is driven out by another nail; habit is overcome by habit.

一颗钉子被另一颗钉子钉出来;习惯战胜习惯。

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

最有效的乐器都有音质。

It is easier to prevent bad habits than to break them.

预防坏习惯比改掉坏习惯容易。