What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

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

所谓慷慨，通常只是给予的虚荣;我们享受虚荣心甚于得到的东西。

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Giving frees us from the familiar territory of our own needs by opening our mind to the unexplained worlds occupied by the needs of others.

给予使我们从自己需求的熟悉领域中解放出来，打开我们的心灵，进入被他人需求占据的无法解释的世界。

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Every time we love, every time we give, it's Christmas.

每次我们相爱，每次我们付出，都是圣诞节。

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The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.

年龄的奢侈就是放弃虚荣心。

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We are often shot with our own feathers.

我们经常被自己的羽毛击中。

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