Even the cardinal virtues cannot atone for half-cold entrees, as Lord Henry remarked once, in a discussion on the subject, and there is possibly a good deal to be said for his view.

即使是最基本的美德也不能弥补半冷的主菜，正如亨利勋爵在一次关于这个主题的讨论中所说的那样，他的观点可能有很多话要说。

Gentleness, docility, and a spaniel-like affection are, on this ground, consistently recommended as the cardinal virtues of the sex; and, disregarding the arbitrary economy of nature, one writer has declared that it is masculine for a woman to be melancholy.

在这个基础上，温柔、温顺和像猎犬一样的感情一直被推荐为性别的主要美德；而且，一位作家无视自然的任意经济，宣称女人忧郁是阳刚之气。