Virtue likewise can only be acquired by the discharge of relative duties; but the importance of these sacred duties will scarcely be felt by the being who is cajoled out of his humanity by the flattery of sycophants.

同样，美德只能通过履行相关职责来获得；但是那些被阿谀奉承从人性中哄出来的人，几乎不会感觉到这些神圣职责的重要性。