The name and pretense of virtue is as serviceable to self-interest as are real vices.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

美德的名义和伪装对自身利益和真正的罪恶一样有用。

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People often say that this or that person has not yet found himself. But the self is not something one finds, it is something one creates.

人们常说这个或那个人还没有找到自己。但是自我不是一个人发现的东西,而是一个人创造的东西。

While your friend holds you affectionately by both your hands, you are safe, for you can watch both his.

当你的朋友深情地握住你的双手时,你是安全的,因为你可以看到他的双手。

One should judge a man mainly from his depravities. Virtues can be faked. Depravities are real.

人们应该主要从一个人的堕落来判断他。美德是可以伪造的。堕落是真实的。

Show me someone who never gossips, and I'll show you someone who isn't interested in people.

给我看一个从不说闲话的人,我就给你看一个对人不感兴趣的人。