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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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