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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If you keep on saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.

如果你一直说事情会变糟,你就有很好的机会成为先知。

Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty.

许多在十岁时就认识自己的人,在十岁到三十岁之间就会完全忘掉自己。

Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.

人们被要求把自己塑造成应该成为什么样的人,以完成自己的使命。

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。

It makes my heart sick when I remember all the good words and the broken promises.

当我想起所有的好话和食言时,我的心都碎了。

Affectation is a greater enemy to the face than smallpox

矫揉造作比天花对人的脸更有害