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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Vice Contemplation Multiplicity

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That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.

我坚持认为，那种最纯洁、最高尚、最强烈的快乐，来自对美的沉思。

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I have created a life style that supports contemplation, service to words.

我创造了一种生活方式，支持沉思，服务于言语。

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Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.

亵渎是一种残忍的恶习。沉溺其中的人不是君子。

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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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Avarice is the vice of declining years.

贪婪是暮年的恶习。

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