"I cannot boast of much success in acquiring the reality of this virtue, but I had a good deal with regard to the appearance of it," he wrote.

“我不能自夸自己多么成功的延续了这项美德，但是我对应付这个问题还是有一套的。”他写道。

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But in reality, people also value the virtue of "feeling a debt of gratitude for others' kindness."

但实际上，人们依旧重视那种“对别人的好心行为感觉亏欠”的美德。

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So I think when reality TV started having people aspire to be on TV, they see the attention celebrities get just by the virtue of having kids.

因此，当电视真人秀让人们渴望出现在电视上，他们看到许多名人得到关注仅仅是因为有了孩子。

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But even among the world's paragons of corporate virtue, reality and rhetoric diverge.

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The reality is that we lead by virtue of who we are.

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While virtue may be an ideal, it only becomes reality when it is practiced.

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