Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.

  • -- Fanny Brice 布莱斯

当一个人不愿意承认他自己不愿意相信的事情时,装模作样是一个很好的词。

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Before I finished another level of Scientology auditing, I had a very hard time with being wrong and I always had to have my own way - and not in a good sense. After auditing, I was able to have my thoughts, communicate them and not have to be right all the time.

在我完成另一个层次的山达基审核之前,我有一段非常艰难的时间来纠正错误,我总是不得不按照自己的方式去做——而且不是在一个好的意义上。在听过之后,我能够有自己的想法,并与他们交流,而不必总是正确的。

Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.

在我看来,衣着上的任何矫揉造作都暗示着理解力上的缺陷。

You're only as good as the sum of your parts, and one person can't be a team.

一个人不可能成为一个团队。

The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.

愚人自以为聪明,但聪明人知道自己是愚人。

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox

矫揉造作比天花对人的脸更有害

It's fun for someone to poke fun at himself.

取笑自己是件很有趣的事。