A slender acquaintance with the world must convince every man that action, not words, are the true criterion of the attachment to friends; and that the most liberal professions of good-will are very far from being the surest marks of it
对世界稍作了解就会使每个人相信，衡量一个人对朋友的感情的真正标准是行动，而不是语言;而且，最慷慨的善意表白远非最可靠的标志
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