We are more tied to our faults than to our virtues.

  • -- Mason Cooley 梅森·库利

我们更多的是被自己的缺点所束缚,而不是美德。

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Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

不要想自己的缺点,更不要想别人的缺点;寻找什么是好的和强大的,并试图模仿它。你们的过犯,到了时候,必如枯叶落下。

It is the constant fault and inseparable evil quality of ambition, that it never looks behind it.

这是野心的一贯缺点和不可分割的邪恶品质,它从不回头看。

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

人们更容易被他们的恶习所左右,而不是被他们的美德所左右。

Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.

犯罪和美德一样,都是对自己的奖赏。