美德/堕落 Virtue/Decadence[英语名人名言]

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The good people sleep much better at night than the bad people. Of course, the bad people enjoy the waking hours much more.
-- Woody Allen

 

Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell.
-- Anonymous1

 

My good intentions are completely lethal2.
-- Margaret Atwood

 

Let him who would enjoy a good future waste none of his present.
-- Roger Babson

 

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgement will always be in demand under all conditions.
-- Roger Babson

 

Nobody is more dangerous than he who imagines himself pure in heart; for his purity, by definition, is unassailable.
-- James Baldwin, Nobody Knows My Name, 1961

 

Every man knows his follies3 and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
-- Josh Billings

 

I believe in getting into hot water; it keeps you clean.
-- G. K. Chesterton

 

I prefer the wicked rather than the foolish. The wicked sometimes rest.
-- Alexandre Dumas pere

 

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation4, just remember that this is also true of trouble.
-- Elbert Hubbard

 

I hate mankind, for I think myself to be one of them, and I know how bad I am.
-- Samuel Johnson

 

Practice random5 acts of kindness and sensless acts of beauty.
-- Adair Lara

 

It has been my experience that folks who have no vices6 have very few virtues7.
-- Abraham Lincoln

 

The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.
-- W. Somerset Maugham

 

Sin is a dangerous toy in the hands of the virtuous8. It should be left to the congenitally sinful, who know when to play with it and when to let it alone.
-- H. L. Mencken

 

There is no course of life so weak and sottish as that which is managed by order, method, and discipline.
-- Michel de Montaigne

 

The wages of sin are death, but by the time taxes are taken out, it's just sort of a tired feeling.
-- Paula Poundstone

 

I used to be Snow White, but I drifted.
-- Mae West

 

Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
-- Mae West

 

As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.
-- Oscar Wilde

 

I hope you have not been leading a double life, pretending to be wicked and being really good all the time. That would be hypocrisy9.
-- Oscar Wilde

 

It is absurd to divide people into good or bad. People are either charming or tedious.
-- Oscar Wilde

 

Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.
-- Oscar Wilde

 

The older one grows, the more one likes indecency.
-- Virginia Woolf

 

Repentance10 is not so much remorse11 for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
-- François de La Rouchefoucauld, Maxims, 1665

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1 anonymous lM2yp     
adj.无名的；匿名的；无特色的
参考例句：
  • Sending anonymous letters is a cowardly act.寄匿名信是懦夫的行为。
  • The author wishes to remain anonymous.作者希望姓名不公开。
2 lethal D3LyB     
adj.致死的；毁灭性的
参考例句：
  • A hammer can be a lethal weapon.铁锤可以是致命的武器。
  • She took a lethal amount of poison and died.她服了致命剂量的毒药死了。
3 follies e0e754f59d4df445818b863ea1aa3eba     
罪恶，时事讽刺剧； 愚蠢，蠢笨，愚蠢的行为、思想或做法( folly的名词复数 )
参考例句：
  • He has given up youthful follies. 他不再做年轻人的荒唐事了。
  • The writings of Swift mocked the follies of his age. 斯威夫特的作品嘲弄了他那个时代的愚人。
4 anticipation iMTyh     
n.预期，预料，期望
参考例句：
  • We waited at the station in anticipation of her arrival.我们在车站等着，期待她的到来。
  • The animals grew restless as if in anticipation of an earthquake.各种动物都变得焦躁不安，像是感到了地震即将发生。
5 random HT9xd     
adj.随机的；任意的；n.偶然的(或随便的)行动
参考例句：
  • The list is arranged in a random order.名单排列不分先后。
  • On random inspection the meat was found to be bad.经抽查，发现肉变质了。
6 vices 01aad211a45c120dcd263c6f3d60ce79     
缺陷( vice的名词复数 )； 恶习； 不道德行为； 台钳
参考例句：
  • In spite of his vices, he was loved by all. 尽管他有缺点，还是受到大家的爱戴。
  • He vituperated from the pulpit the vices of the court. 他在教堂的讲坛上责骂宫廷的罪恶。
7 virtues cd5228c842b227ac02d36dd986c5cd53     
美德( virtue的名词复数 )； 德行； 优点； 长处
参考例句：
  • Doctors often extol the virtues of eating less fat. 医生常常宣扬少吃脂肪的好处。
  • She delivered a homily on the virtues of family life. 她进行了一场家庭生活美德方面的说教。
8 virtuous upCyI     
adj.有品德的，善良的，贞洁的，有效力的
参考例句：
  • She was such a virtuous woman that everybody respected her.她是个有道德的女性，人人都尊敬她。
  • My uncle is always proud of having a virtuous wife.叔叔一直为娶到一位贤德的妻子而骄傲。
9 hypocrisy g4qyt     
n.伪善，虚伪
参考例句：
  • He railed against hypocrisy and greed.他痛斥伪善和贪婪的行为。
  • He accused newspapers of hypocrisy in their treatment of the story.他指责了报纸在报道该新闻时的虚伪。
10 repentance ZCnyS     
n.懊悔
参考例句：
  • He shows no repentance for what he has done.他对他的所作所为一点也不懊悔。
  • Christ is inviting sinners to repentance.基督正在敦请有罪的人悔悟。
11 remorse lBrzo     
n.痛恨，悔恨，自责
参考例句：
  • She had no remorse about what she had said.她对所说的话不后悔。
  • He has shown no remorse for his actions.他对自己的行为没有任何悔恨之意。

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