What makes the pain we feel from shame and jealousy so cutting is that vanity can give us no assistance in bearing them.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

使我们因羞愧和嫉妒而感到痛苦的是虚荣不能帮助我们忍受它们。

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Jealousy is never satisfied with anything short of an omniscience that would detect the subtlest fold of the heart.

嫉妒是永远不会满足的,除非有一种无所不知的东西能探测到内心最细微的褶皱。

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

在虚荣心和自满情绪爆发之后,一定要先吸一口气。

Vanity is the quicksand of reason.

虚荣是理智的流沙。

A jealous ear hears all things.

嫉妒的耳朵能听到一切。