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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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If noble death be virtue's chiefest part, We above all men are by Fortune blest, Striving with freedom's crown to honor Greece, we died, and here in endless glory rest.

如果崇高的死亡是美德的最主要部分，那么我们比所有人都更幸运，我们带着自由的皇冠为希腊而奋斗，我们死了，在无尽的荣耀中安息。

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And should think freedom more to prize, than all the gold in world that is.

应该认为自由比世界上所有的黄金更值得珍视。

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There was a time when Patience ceased to be a virtue. It was long ago.

曾经有一段时间，耐心不再是一种美德。那是很久以前的事了。

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Law is a flag and gold is the wind that makes it wave.

法律是一面旗帜，黄金是使它飘扬的风。

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