In 1337, Petrarch began work on his rambling writing De Viris Illustribus—On Famous Men, highlighting the virtus (or virtue) of classical heroes.

在1337年，彼特拉克开始撰写杂文《论名人》，主要突出古典英雄的美德。

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Ms Palin's argument does at least have one mitigating virtue: it concentrates on the impact the centre might have, without impugning the motives of those who want to build it.

佩林女士的论点中起码还有一点可取之处：只是聚焦在这个社区中心可能产生的影响上，并没有抨击希望建造它的人们的动机。

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Since his arrest in December 2008, he has proclaimed his virtue on street corners and in a memoir, on the radio and on television.

自从2008年被捕以来，他在无数场合宣扬自己的操守，在街边，在回忆录里，在广播上，在电视上。

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Critics say that e-mails and other information sent through cloud providers are no longer private anyway, just by virtue of being on the web.

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And Moses admonishes the Israelites not to suppose that their inheritance of the land of Canaan is due to their own powers, or on account of any righteousness or virtue that they possess.

摩西警告以色列人不要想当然地认为,他们继承迦南之地是凭借了自己的力量，或者视之为他们所拥有的正义和美德。

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The position that Milton -- this is how I like to read it - the position that Milton would like to be able to take on this question of virtue's reward is formulated by the Elder Brother in Comus.

弥尔顿的立场--我下面要读,-弥尔顿关于贞操的报偿这一问题的立场,通过《科玛斯》中的哥哥这一角色表达出来。

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Johnson has no monopoly on virtue (nor even of it).

ECONOMIST: Johnson

Had not the great writer and thinker Montesquieu himself said the republic relied on virtue, and virtue consisted in the capacity of individuals to exercise their own freely-formed judgment?

BBC: Why does France insist school pupils master philosophy?

But seriously, neither party has a monopoly on virtue.

CNN: Giuliani: 'Thank God that George Bush is our president'