The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

美德的最高证明是拥有无限的力量而不滥用它。

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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

一个人不一定生来就有勇气,但他天生就有潜力。没有勇气,我们就不能持之以恒地实践任何其他美德。我们不能善良、真诚、仁慈、慷慨或诚实。

It is virtue, virtue, which both creates and preserves friendship. On it depends harmony of interest, permanence, fidelity.

正是美德,美德,创造并保持了友谊。它依赖于兴趣、永恒和忠诚的和谐。

All I want is boundless love.

我想要的只是无尽的爱。