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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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Although all the good arts serve to draw man's mind away from vices and lead it toward better things, this function can be more fully performed by this art, which also provides extraordinary intellectual pleasure.

虽然所有好的艺术都是为了把人的思想从罪恶中拉出来，并把它引向更美好的事物，但这一功能可以通过艺术得到更充分的发挥，它也提供了非凡的智力乐趣。

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An element of exaggeration clings to the popular judgment: great vices are made greater, great virtues greater also; interesting incidents are made more interesting, softer legends more soft.

有一种夸大其词的成分附属于大众的判断:大恶习愈演愈烈，大美德也愈演愈烈;有趣的事件变得更有趣，更柔和的传说变得更柔和。

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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。

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While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his.

当你的朋友深情地握住你的双手时，你是安全的，因为你可以看到他的双手。

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