As in the common degree of the intellectual qualities, there is no abilities; so in the common degree of the moral, there is no virtue.

正比如说智力一般的人谈不上能力一样，道德水平一般的人也谈不上美德。

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As Irving Kristol put it in a brilliant 1974 essay called “Republican Virtue vs. Servile Institutions,” “The common man is not a fool, and the proof is that he has such modest faith in himself.”

正如欧文克里斯托在其1974年写的一篇文采飞扬的论文《共和的思想与奴性的制度》里所说，“普通人不是傻子，证据就是他自己如此谦逊的相信。”

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From my observation, these are common phenomena of the men of perfect virtue and well practice.

在我的观察里，这些都是德行完备，修道有成者的共同现象。

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By the end of the week of Ruthie's funeral and its aftermath, we had seen enough to know that we had to be part of a rural place where neighbourly virtue is so common, and so close to hand.

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All these trends amount to a decoupling of business education from the most precious virtue in business, common sense.

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By joining together on this solemn anniversary, let us show that America's sense of common purpose need not be a fleeting moment, but a lasting virtue -- not just on one day, but every day.

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