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It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

没有恶习是好的，但没有诱惑就不好了。

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When I am able to resist the temptation to judge others, I can see them as teachers of forgiveness in my life, reminding me that I can only have peace of mind when I forgive rather than judge.

当我能够抵制评判他人的诱惑时，我可以把他们看作是我生命中宽恕的老师，提醒我只有当我宽恕而不是评判时，我才能拥有内心的平静。

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Nature seems at each man's birth to have marked out the bounds of his virtues and vices, and to have determined how good or how wicked that man shall be capable of being.

自然似乎在每个人的出生时就已经划定了他的美德和罪恶的界限，并决定了这个人能有多好或有多坏。

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We can only write well about our sins because it is too difficult to recall a virtuous act or even whether it was the result of good or evil motives.

我们只能把自己的罪恶写得很好，因为我们很难回忆起一件善行，甚至是善恶动机的结果。

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One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

人们应该主要从一个人的堕落来判断他。美德是可以伪造的。堕落是真实的。

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There are temptations which strong exercise best enables us to resist.

有一些诱惑，强壮的运动最能让我们抵制。

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A solitary man is either a beast or an angel.

孤独的人不是野兽就是天使。

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