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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Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

当我们让嫉妒和仇恨的恶习深入我们的本性时,中等收入的人对自己造成的伤害可能是巨大财富所造成的最大伤害。

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。

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。

Self-interest makes some people blind, and others sharp-sighted.

利己主义使一些人盲目,另一些人目光敏锐。