The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

-- Quintilian 昆提利亚语

思想是由题材的多样性和多样性来锻炼的，而性格是由对美德和邪恶的沉思来塑造的。

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He had read much, if one considers his long life; but his contemplation was much more than his reading. He was wont to say that if he had read as much as other men he should have known no more than other men.

他读了很多书，如果有人想到他的长寿的话;但他的沉思远远超过了阅读。他常说，如果他读的书和别人一样多，他就不会比别人知道得更多。

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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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More people are flattered into virtue than bullied out of vice.

被奉承成美德的人比被威逼出罪恶的人多。

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The multiplicity of ideas is what I'm interested in.

我感兴趣的是思想的多样性。

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