More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.

-- Robert Smith Surtees 瑟蒂斯

被奉承成美德的人比被威逼出罪恶的人多。

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It's obviously a lot harder to try and be a good guy than it is to be a bad guy. The world is a fundamentally evil place, it seems like. So in order to be a good person, you have to fight temptation and vice.

很明显，做一个好人比做一个坏人要难得多。看起来，这个世界从根本上来说是一个邪恶的地方。所以为了做一个好人，你必须与诱惑和罪恶作斗争。

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The path of a good woman is indeed strewn with flowers; but they rise behind her steps, not before them.

一个好女人的道路上确实撒满了鲜花;但他们是站在她的身后，而不是前面。

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The person who talks most of his own virtue is often the least virtuous.

夸夸其谈自己美德的人往往是最没有美德的人。

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Gluttony is not a secret vice.

暴食并不是一种秘密的恶习。

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