People are crying up the rich and variegated plumage of the peacock, and he is himself blushing at the sight of his ugly feet.

  • -- Saadi Shirazi 萨迪·西拉兹

人们在为孔雀华丽多彩的羽毛而欢呼,而孔雀自己却因为自己丑陋的脚而脸红。

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If the conditions were right there could be great acceptance. Often it is only when they pose an economic or political threat that it turns really ugly.

如果条件合适,可能会有很大的接受度。通常只有当它们构成经济或政治威胁时,情况才会变得非常糟糕。

I prefer an ugly truth to a pretty lie. If someone is telling me the truth that is when I will give my heart.

比起漂亮的谎言,我更喜欢丑陋的事实。如果有人告诉我真相,那就是我奉献我的心。

I have been very happy, very rich, very beautiful, much adulated, very famous and very unhappy.

我曾经非常幸福,非常富有,非常美丽,非常受人崇拜,非常有名,但是非常不快乐。

We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.

我们只有通过给予才富有,只有通过拒绝才贫穷。