Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

谦虚不仅是装饰品,而且是美德的守卫。

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I don't think it's the nature of any man to be monogamous. Men are propelled by genetically ordained impulses over which they have no control to distribute their seed.

我认为一夫一妻制不是男人的本性。人类是由基因决定的冲动推动的,他们无法控制这种冲动来传播他们的种子。

Were there no desire there would be no virtue, and because one man desires what another does not, who shall say whether the child of his desire be Vice or Virtue?

没有欲望就没有美德,因为一个人想要别人不想要的东西,谁能说他想要的孩子是罪恶还是美德呢?

A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.

公正合理的谦虚不仅能使人能言善辩,而且能激发人的一切才能。

Each must in virtue strive for to excel; That man lives twice that lives the first life well.

每个人都必须在美德上力争卓越;那个人活得比第一次好两次。