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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 presents is a talent; to know what a person wants, to know when and how to get it, to give it lovingly and well. Unless a character possesses this talent there is no moment more annihilating to ease than that in which a present is received and given.

送礼物是一种天赋;要知道一个人想要什么，知道何时以及如何得到它，要充满爱心地把它给予他人。除非一个角色拥有这种天赋，否则没有比接受和给予礼物更容易毁灭的时刻了。

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Keep feeling the need for being first. But I want you to be the first in love. I want you to be the first in moral excellence. I want you to be the first in generosity.

不断感受成为第一的需要。但我希望你是第一个坠入爱河的人。我希望你在道德上成为第一。我希望你是第一个慷慨大方的人。

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They sin who tell us Love can die: with Life all other passions fly, all others are but vanity.

那些告诉我们爱会死的人是有罪的:在生活中，所有其他的激情都会飞走，其他的都只是虚荣。

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There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.

人的舌头和笔，若为一点虚浮，是不能拦阻的。

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