Among the rules of civility that Washington copied, another one says, Do not accept any task that you are unable to perform, but carefully keep your promises.

华盛顿抄录的“国民应对守则”中，还有一条﹕“不要接受任何不能做的事情；但却要小心地信守诺言。”

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The civility entails the virtues of peace, equity, fairness, playing by the rules.

文明意味着和平，公正，公平，遵纪守法的美德。

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