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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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One of the great attractions of patriotism - it fulfills our worst wishes. In the person of our nation we are able, vicariously, to bully and cheat. Bully and cheat, what's more, with a feeling that we are profoundly virtuous.

爱国主义最大的吸引力之一——它满足了我们最坏的愿望。以我们国家的名义，我们可以间接地欺凌和欺骗。欺侮和欺骗，更重要的是，我们觉得自己是非常善良的。

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Virtue knows that it is impossible to get on without compromise, and tunes herself, as it were, a trifle sharp to allow for an inevitable fall in playing.

德性知道，不妥协是不可能继续下去的，因此她对自己的调门，可以说是有点尖利，以便在演奏中不可避免地跌进去。

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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。

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The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy.

唯一不能原谅的恶习是虚伪。伪君子悔改本身就是伪善。

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