Pride works frequently under a dense mask, and will often assume the garb of humility.

  • -- Adam Clarke 亚当·克拉克

骄傲常常在一副厚厚的面具下发挥作用,并常常披上谦逊的外衣。

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True humility is intelligent self respect which keeps us from thinking too highly or too meanly of ourselves. It makes us modest by reminding us how far we have come short of what we can be.

真正的谦逊是明智的自尊,它使我们不把自己想得过高或过低。它提醒我们离我们所能达到的还有多远,从而使我们变得谦虚。

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it.

在一个人说话之前,总可以有把握地假定他是个傻瓜。在他讲话之后,很少有必要假定这一点。

Now with all your pride you still can't look me in the eyes and now in all your shame. You can't even speak my name.

现在你带着你所有的骄傲,仍然不能看着我的眼睛,现在又带着你所有的羞愧。你连我的名字都不会说。

A dead man’s vanity: his ashes full of life that cannot be deceased before a living being’s pride.

一个死人的虚荣心:他的灰烬里充满了生命,在活人的骄傲面前是不会死去的。

The one way of guaranteeing to fail is to assume that we will.

保证失败的一个方法就是假定我们会失败。

Power is dangerous unless you have humility.

权力是危险的,除非你有谦卑。