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?

-- Edgar Rice Burroughs 埃德加糙米

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?

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Parenthood is not an object of appetite or even desire. It is an object of will. There is no appetite for parenthood; there is only a purpose or intention of parenthood.

为人父母不是欲望甚至欲望的对象。它是意志的对象。没有为人父母的欲望;为人父母只有一个目的或意图。

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The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

美德就像缪斯女神一样，总是成群结队地出现。一个好的原则从来没有在任何一个人的胸中单独找到过。

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Cling to the One who clings to nothing; And so clinging, cease to cling.

紧紧抓住一个一无所有的人;所以执着，停止执着。

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Desire of having is the sin of covetousness.

贪得无厌是一种罪恶。

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