Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment.
人们以为,只有明显的行动才会传达自己的美德或恶习,却看不到美德与恶习每时每刻都在散发气息。
— Ralph Waldo Emerson · Essays · Self-Reliance —
Men imagine that they communicate their virtue or vice only by overt actions, and do not see that virtue or vice emit a breath every moment.
人们以为,只有明显的行动才会传达自己的美德或恶习,却看不到美德与恶习每时每刻都在散发气息。