Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

  • -- Louis Kronenberger 路易斯·克罗嫩伯格

没有什么比在别人身上表现出更大的虚荣心更能抚慰我们的虚荣心了;事实上,它使我们对自己的谦虚感到骄傲。

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People who worship only themselves get a slick, polished look -- like monuments. Too bad they had to go so soon.

那些只崇拜自己的人会有一种光滑、光亮的外表——就像纪念碑一样。真可惜他们这么快就走了。

Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

如果没有虚荣心作伴,美德将走得很远。