Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

美德比邪恶更可怕,因为它的过分行为不受良心的约束。

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Courage is the most important of all the virtues, because without courage you can't practice any other virtue consistently. You can practice any virtue erratically, but nothing consistently without courage.

勇气是所有美德中最重要的,因为没有勇气,你就不能持续地实践任何其他美德。没有勇气,你可以反复练习任何美德,但没有勇气,你将一事无成。

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。