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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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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。

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The generous can forget that they have given, but the grateful can never forget that they have received.

慷慨的人可以忘记他们所给予的，而感恩的人永远不会忘记他们所得到的。

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Too many have dispensed with generosity in order to practice charity.

太多的人放弃了慷慨，转而投身慈善事业。

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There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

从来没有一个漂亮的女人不对着镜子做鬼脸。

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