The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

美德的名义和伪装对自身利益和真正的罪恶一样有用。

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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

人们常说这个或那个人还没有找到自己。但是自我不是一个人发现的东西,而是一个人创造的东西。

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

人们更容易被他们的恶习所左右,而不是被他们的美德所左右。

You can't act like a skunk without someone's getting wind of it.

你不能像个臭鼬一样,不让别人知道。