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We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

  • -- William Penn 威廉·佩恩

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。

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There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.

有两种方式建立我们的声誉:被诚实的人赞扬，和被流氓滥用。然而，确保前者是最好的，因为后者总是伴随着前者。

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Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?

没有欲望就没有美德，因为一个人想要别人不想要的东西，谁能说他想要的孩子是罪恶还是美德呢?

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Imagine if it happened to you: All of a sudden you find this thing on your wrist and people are telling you it has powers. I would be a little skeptical myself.

想象一下如果它发生在你身上:突然你发现这个东西在你的手腕上，人们告诉你它有力量。我自己也有点怀疑。

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The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

古代作家的赞美不是来自对死者的崇敬，而是来自对生者的竞争和相互嫉妒。

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I would rather entertain and hope that people learned something than educate people and hope they were entertained.

我宁愿娱乐并希望人们学到一些东西，而不是教育人们并希望他们得到娱乐。

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I will do everything I can to bring the Number One to Ferrari. The whole team and all the fans deserve it.

我会尽我所能把冠军带到法拉利。这是全队和所有球迷应得的。

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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。

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If you deserve commitment from anyone it's yourself.

如果你值得别人的承诺，那就是你自己。

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