Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.

  • -- Rutherford B. Hayes 海斯

美德被定义为平庸,其中任何一个极端都是罪恶。

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Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.

对于诗人来说,平庸现在和从前一样,是危险的,通常是致命的;但是,即使是成功的散文作家,那些理智地超越它的人也是非常罕见的例外。

When we are planning for posterity, we ought to remember that virtue is not hereditary.

当我们为后代做打算时,我们应该记住美德不是遗传的。

Perseverance is a virtue that cannot be understated.

毅力是一种不可低估的美德。

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

放弃:平庸的英雄主义。