Because impudence is a vice, it does not follow that modesty is a virtue; it is built upon shame, a passion in our nature, and may be either good or bad according to the actions performed from that motive.

  • -- Bernard de Mandeville 曼德维尔

因为厚颜无耻是一种恶习,所以并不意味着谦虚是一种美德;它建立在羞耻的基础上,是我们天性中的一种激情,根据动机所产生的行为,它可以是好是坏。

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I do adore food. If I have any vice it's eating. If I was told I could only eat one food for the rest of my life, I could put up with sausage and mash forever.

我非常喜欢食物。如果我有什么恶习,那就是吃。如果有人告诉我,我的余生只能吃一种食物,我可以永远忍受香肠和土豆泥。

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。

To Follow by faith alone is to follow blindly.

单凭信心行事就是盲目行事。

There is no reason not to follow your heart.

没有理由不跟随自己的内心。