Timon of Athens

I have not seen you long. How goes the world?

好久不见。世界怎么样了？

When we for recompense have praised the vile, it stains the glory in that happy verse which aptly sings the good.

当我们为了报酬而赞扬卑鄙时，它玷污了那首恰如其分地歌颂美好的快乐诗篇的荣耀。