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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There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.

每件大事都有一种神圣的恐怖。人们很容易赞美平庸和山丘;但是,无论什么东西太崇高,一个天才和一座山,一个集会和一个杰作,如果看得太近,都是令人震惊的。

Virtue is an angel, but she is a blind one, and must ask Knowledge to show her the pathway that leads to her goal.

美德是一位天使,但她是一位盲人,她必须要求知识指引她通向目标的道路。

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

我们倾向于喜欢赞美,但却不配。但如果我们想要得到它,我们必须更爱美德。

The only way to get out of mediocrity is to keep shooting for excellence.

摆脱平庸的唯一方法就是不断追求卓越。