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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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。

Vice is its own reward. It is virtue which, if it is to be marketed with consumer appeal, must carry Green Shield stamps.

恶有恶报。这是一种美德,如果它要在市场上引起消费者的兴趣,就必须贴上绿色盾牌的邮票。

It is no dishonor to be in a minority in the cause of liberty and virtue.

在自由和美德的事业中,成为少数派并不可耻。

The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons.

最大的美德是对别人最有用的美德。