Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. We parry and fend the approach of our fellow-man by compliments, by gossip, by amusements, by affairs. We cover up our thought from him under a hundred folds.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

只有人是真诚的。当第二个人出现时,伪善就开始了。我们用赞美、闲言碎语、娱乐和风流韵事来搪塞和阻挡同胞的接近。我们用一百倍的篇幅向他掩饰我们的思想。

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When we abolish the slavery of half of humanity, together with the whole system of hypocrisy it implies, then the "division" of humanity will reveal its genuine significance and the human couple will find its true form.

当我们废除了一半人类的奴隶制度,连同它所暗示的整个伪善体系,那么人类的“分裂”将揭示其真正的意义,人类夫妇将找到其真正的形式。

With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.

对于能力有限的人,谦虚只是诚实。但在有才能的人面前,却是虚伪。