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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。

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Blue is the male principle, stern and spiritual. Yellow the female principle, gentle, cheerful and sensual. Red is matter, brutal and heavy and always the colour which must be fought and vanquished by the other two.

蓝色是男性的原则，严肃而有灵性。黄色是女性的原则，温柔、开朗、感性。红色是物质，残酷而沉重，而且永远是必须被其他两种颜色打败的颜色。

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Entertaining these opinions of the course to be pursued, I beg of gentlemen to look at the question, as I have done, in a calm review of facts and of principles.

我怀着这些见解，请各位先生们，像我刚才那样，冷静地回顾事实和原则，来看待这个问题。

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The busier you are, the more interesting you are. The more you're off doing your thing and loving your job and your life, that's fascinating.

你越忙，你就越有趣。你越热爱你的工作，热爱你的生活，那就越迷人。

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I like to go to Marshall Field's in Chicago just to see how many things there are in the world that I do not want.

我喜欢去芝加哥的马歇尔菲尔德看看世界上有多少东西是我不想要的。

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The highest proof of virtue is to possess boundless power without abusing it.

美德的最高证明是拥有无限的力量而不滥用它。

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Though ambition in itself is a vice, it often is also the parent of virtue.

虽然野心本身是一种恶习，但它往往也是美德之母。

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The absolute truth is the thing that makes people laugh.

真正的真理是让人发笑的东西。

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Our faith comes in moments; our vice is habitual.

我们的信心来自瞬间;我们的恶习已成习惯。

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I have a temper, but I wouldn't call me abusive.

我有脾气，但我不会骂我。

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An ill-tempered dog has a scarred nose.

脾气暴躁的狗鼻子上有疤。

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Mustard's no good without roast beef.

没有烤牛肉芥末就不好吃。

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Virtue is insufficient temptation.

美德是不够的诱惑。

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Some carry moderation to extremes.

有些人极端温和。

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In art the best is good enough.

在艺术上，最好的已经足够好了。

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