A virtue to be serviceable must, like gold, be alloyed with some commoner, but more durable alloy.

-- Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒

美德要有用，就像黄金一样，必须用更普通、更耐用的合金来合金化。

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Gold and silver, like other commodities, have an intrinsic value, which is not arbitrary, but is dependent on their scarcity, the quantity of labour bestowed in procuring them, and the value of the capital employed in the mines which produce them.

黄金和白银同其他商品一样，具有内在的价值，这种价值不是任意的，而是取决于它们的稀缺性、获得它们所付出的劳动的数量以及生产它们的矿山所使用的资本的价值。

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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。

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When virtue is at liberty, so to some extent is vice.

当美德自由时，某种程度上罪恶也自由了。

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To shipbrokers, coal was black gold.

对船舶经纪人来说，煤是黑金。

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