It is the function of vice to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.

  • -- Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒

恶的作用是把善保持在合理的范围之内。

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I do adore food. If I have any vice it's eating. If I was told I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I could put up with sausage and mash forever.

我非常喜欢食物。如果我有什么恶习,那就是吃。如果有人告诉我,我的余生只能吃一种食物,我可以永远忍受香肠和土豆泥。

Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.

亵渎是一种残忍的恶习。沉溺其中的人不是君子。

Virtue alone is happiness; all else is else, and without praise.

只有美德才是幸福;一切都是别的,没有赞美。

Beauty without virtue is like a rose without scent.

无德之美犹如没有香味的玫瑰,徒有其表。