But there is also the matter of self-restraint and good taste, and I lament their passing from American society.

但这里还有个自制力和品位的问题，我为它们从美国社会消亡而扼腕。

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I as far as possible, their own self-restraint.

我也会尽可能的克制自己。

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If I correct someone, I will do it with as much good humor and self-restraint as if I were the one being corrected.

如果我要纠正别人的错误，我会尽量设身处地的诙谐和委婉的说明。

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What's odd about such self-restraint is that I was terrible at holding back my childish desires in almost every other way.

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So recently, when my husband and I took the kids to an ice cream shop, I ordered one puritanical kiddie scoop of ice cream and only ate half, to teach them about self-restraint.

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