We see men fall from high estate on account of the very faults through which they attained it.

  • -- Jean de La Bruyere 布吕耶尔

我们看到人们从高位跌落,正是由于他们所犯的错误。

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Men are more evanescent than pictures, yet one sorrows for lost friends, and pictures are my friends. I have none others. I am never long enough with men to attach myself to them; and whatever feelings of attachment I have are to material things.

人比照片更容易消逝,然而失去的朋友令人悲伤,而照片就是我的朋友。我没有其他的了。我和男人在一起的时间永远不够长,无法和他们在一起;无论我对物质的依恋是什么。

The faults of a superior person are like the sun and moon. They have their faults, and everyone sees them; they change and everyone looks up to them.

一个优秀的人的缺点就像太阳和月亮一样。他们也有缺点,人人都看得出来;他们改变了,每个人都尊敬他们。

I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred.

我有一个长达一英里的缺点清单,有时会让我在自我憎恨中屈膝。

In every society some men are born to rule, and some to advise.

在每个社会里,有些人生来就是要统治的,有些人生来就是要忠告的。