Measure for Measure

There is a kinde of Character in thy life, That to th' obseruer, doth thy history Fully vnfold: Thy selfe, and thy belongings Are not thine owne so proper, as to waste Thy selfe vpon thy vertues; they on thee:

在你的生命中有一种性格，对于观察者来说，你的历史完全展开：你自己和你的所有物并不是你自己的，以至于你可以浪费在你的美德上；它们在你身上：

Heauen doth with vs, as we, with Torches doe, Not light them for themselues: For if our vertues Did not goe forth of vs, 'twere all alike As if we had them not:

天堂对我们就像我们对待火炬一样，不是为了自己点燃它们：因为如果我们的美德不从我们这里出去，那就和我们没有它们一样：