It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.

  • -- Abraham Lincoln 亚伯拉罕·林肯

根据我的经验,没有缺点的人几乎没有优点。

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I am fond of depicting the lives of young folks for one thing, and if you have parts for girls or young men, you must absolutely have young people to fill them - that is generally acknowledged now.

我喜欢描绘年轻人的生活,一方面,如果你有女孩或年轻人的角色,你必须绝对有年轻人来填补他们——这是现在普遍承认的。

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。

Man seems to be capable of great virtues but not of small virtues; capable of defying his torturer but not of keeping his temper.

人似乎能有伟大的美德,但不能有渺小的美德;能够反抗虐待他的人,却无法控制自己的脾气。

Never lend books, for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are books that other folks have left me.

不要借书,因为没有人还书;我的图书馆里只有别人留给我的书。