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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

  • -- William Penn 威廉·佩恩

贫穷时的谦逊和知识胜过昂贵时的骄傲和无知。

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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

虚荣和骄傲是两码事，尽管这两个词经常被用作同义词。一个人可以骄傲而不虚荣。骄傲更多地与我们对自己的看法有关;虚荣心，我们希望别人怎么看我们。

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Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

你想变得伟大吗?然后从存在开始。你想要建造一个巨大而崇高的结构吗?首先想想谦逊的基础。你的结构越高，它的基础就必须越深。

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Many highly intelligent people are poor thinkers. Many people of average intelligence are skilled thinkers. The power of a car is separate from the way the car is driven.

许多高智商的人缺乏思考能力。许多智力一般的人都是善于思考的人。汽车的动力与汽车的行驶方式是分开的。

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A discontented young fellow, filled with self pride; he certainly should have considered it an honor to be sent on so respectable an embassy as he was.

一个不满的年轻人，充满了骄傲;他被派到这样一个受人尊敬的大使馆来，当然应该把这看作是一种荣誉。

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The vanity of loving fine clothes and new fashion, and placing value on ourselves by them is one of the most childish pieces of folly.

喜爱漂亮的衣服和新的时装，并以此来评价自己，这种虚荣是最幼稚的愚蠢行为之一。

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A great deal of intelligence can be invested in ignorance when the need for illusion is deep.

当对幻觉的需求非常强烈时，大量的智慧可以投入到无知中去。

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My clothes are predominately black and my home is predominantly white.

我的衣服主要是黑色的，我的家主要是白色的。

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Learning, n. The kind of ignorance distinguishing the studious.

学问，名词。区分好学的人的那种无知。

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The rich don't exploit the poor. They just out-compete them.

富人不剥削穷人。他们只是比他们更有竞争力。

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Pride makes us artificial and humility makes us real.

骄傲使我们做作，谦逊使我们真实。

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