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  • Virtue1 is like a rich stone,best plain set;and surely vitue is best,in a body that is comely2,though not of delicate features;and that hath rather dignity of presence,than beauty of aspect.

    美德好比宝石,它在朴素背景的衬托下反而更华丽。同样,一个打扮并不华贵却端庄严肃而有美德者是令人肃然起敬的。

    Neither is it almost seen,that very beautiful persons are otherwise of great virtue;as if nature were rather busy,not to err,than in labor3 to produce excellency.And therefore they prove accomplished,but not of great spirit;and study rather behavior,than virtue.But this holds not always:for Augustus Caesar,Titus Vespasianus,Philip le Belle4 of France,Edward the Fourth of England,Alcibiades of Athens,Ismael the Sophy of Persia,were all high and great spirits;and yet the most beautiful men of their times.In beauty,that of favor,is more than that of color;and that of decent and gracious motion,more than that of favor.

    外表美丽的人,未必也具有内在的美。因为造物主似乎是吝啬的,他给了此就不再予彼。所以许多容颜俊秀的人却不足为训,他们过于追求外形美丽而忽略了内心的美。但这也许不全对,因为奥古斯都·撒、菲斯帕斯、法兰西的菲力普王、英格兰的爱德华四世、雅典的阿尔西巴蒂斯、波斯的伊斯梅尔等既是大丈夫,又是美男子。就形貌而言,自然之美要胜过粉饰之美,而优雅行为之美又胜于单纯礼仪之美。

    That is the best part of beauty,which a picture cannot express;no nor the first sight of the life.There is no excellent beauty,that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.A man cannot tell whether Apelles,or Albert Durer,were the more trifler;whereof the one ,would make a personage by geometrical proportions;the other,by taking the best parts out of divers5 faces,to make one excellent.Such personages,I think,would please nobody,but the painter that made them.

    最高的美是画家说无法表现的,因为它是难于直观的。没有哪种美能极致到不存在比例上的瑕疵。曾经有两位画家——阿皮雷斯和艾伯特·丢勒滑稽地认为,可以按照几何比例,或者通过摄取不同人身上最美的特点,用画合成一张最完美的人像。其实像这样画出来的美人,恐怕只表现了画家本人的某种偏爱。

    Not but I think a painter may make a better face than ever was;but he must do it by a kind of felicity(as a musician that maketh an excellent air in music),and not by rule.A man shall see faces, that if you examine them part by part,you shall find never a good;and yet altogether do well.

    画家不能通过这样画出更好看的脸,(正如为曲子营造氛围的音乐家),创造它的常常是构思,而不是公式。有许多的脸,就他们的部分看并不优美,但作为整体却非常动人。

    If it be true that the principal part of beauty is in decent motion,certainly it is no marvel,though persons in years seem many times more amiable;pulchrorum autumnus pulcher;for no youth can be comely but by pardon,and considering the youth,as to make up the comeliness6.

    虽然美之菁华无疑在于优雅的举止,但有些老人更显得可爱,这印证了一句拉丁谚语:“暮色之色更美。”而尽管有的年轻人具有美貌,却由于缺乏完美的修养而不配得到最好的赞美。

    Beauty is as summer fruits,which are easy to corrupt,and cannot last;and for the most part it makes a dissolute youth,and an age a little out of countenance;but yet certainly again,if it light well,it maketh virtue shine,and vices7 blush.

    美犹如盛夏的水果,是容易腐烂而难保持的。世上有许多美人,他们有过放荡的青春,却迎受着愧悔的晚年。因此,应该把美的形貌与美的德行结合起来。这样,美才会发出夺目的光辉。

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     单词标签: virtue  comely  labor  belle  divers  comeliness  vices 


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    1 virtue [ˈvɜ:tʃu:] BpqyH   第7级
    n.德行,美德;贞操;优点;功效,效力
    参考例句:
    • He was considered to be a paragon of virtue. 他被认为是品德尽善尽美的典范。
    • You need to decorate your mind with virtue. 你应该用德行美化心灵。
    2 comely [ˈkʌmli] GWeyX   第11级
    adj.漂亮的,合宜的
    参考例句:
    • His wife is a comely young woman. 他的妻子是一个美丽的少妇。
    • A nervous, comely-dressed little girl stepped out. 一个紧张不安、衣着漂亮的小姑娘站了出来。
    3 labor ['leɪbə(r)] P9Tzs   第7级
    n.劳动,努力,工作,劳工;分娩;vi.劳动,努力,苦干;vt.详细分析;麻烦
    参考例句:
    • We are never late in satisfying him for his labor. 我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。
    • He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor. 艰苦劳动两周后,他已经疲惫不堪了。
    4 belle [bel] MQly5   第12级
    n.靓女
    参考例句:
    • She was the belle of her Sunday School class. 在主日学校她是她们班的班花。
    • She was the belle of the ball. 她是那个舞会中的美女。
    5 divers [ˈdaɪvəz] hu9z23   第12级
    adj.不同的;种种的
    参考例句:
    • He chose divers of them, who were asked to accompany him. 他选择他们当中的几个人,要他们和他作伴。
    • Two divers work together while a standby diver remains on the surface. 两名潜水员协同工作,同时有一名候补潜水员留在水面上。
    6 comeliness ['kʌmlɪnɪs] comeliness   第11级
    n. 清秀, 美丽, 合宜
    参考例句:
    • Your comeliness is law with Mr. Wildeve. 你的美貌,对于韦狄先生,就是律令。
    • Her comeliness overwhelmed him. 她的清秀美丽使他倾倒。
    7 vices [vaisiz] 01aad211a45c120dcd263c6f3d60ce79   第7级
    缺陷( vice的名词复数 ); 恶习; 不道德行为; 台钳
    参考例句:
    • In spite of his vices, he was loved by all. 尽管他有缺点,还是受到大家的爱戴。
    • He vituperated from the pulpit the vices of the court. 他在教堂的讲坛上责骂宫廷的罪恶。

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