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When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

当我们为后代做打算时，我们应该记住美德不是遗传的。

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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

我想人们不会因为什么而记住我。但我不会用这些术语来思考我的工作。为子孙后代而工作和为金钱而工作一样庸俗。

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I remember I was so crabby in my third trimester - I got gestational diabetes because I'd been acting like I was in a one-woman pie-eating contest.

我记得在我怀孕的最后三个月我很暴躁——我得了妊娠期糖尿病，因为我一直表现得像参加一个吃派的女人比赛。

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We are always doing something for posterity, but I would fain see posterity do something for us.

我们总是在为后代做一些事情，但我希望看到后代为我们做一些事情。

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It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

恶的作用是把善保持在合理的范围之内。

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I'm planning on finishing the Gospels at some point.

我打算在某个时候读完福音书。

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Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.

无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰，徒有其表。

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Remember that failure is an event, not a person.

记住，失败是一个事件，而不是一个人。

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