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I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.

  • -- Jane Austen 简·奥斯汀

我一生都是一个自私的人，在实践上，虽然在原则上不是。

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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.

你不能改变对的事情，人们就会依赖你。为自己确立行动的原则;你要照他们的话去行。首先要知道你的原则是公正的，然后做你自己。

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Any act often repeated soon forms a habit; and habit allowed, steady gains in strength, At first it may be but as a spider's web, easily broken through, but if not resisted it soon binds us with chains of steel.

任何经常重复的行为很快就会形成一种习惯;如果习惯得以养成，力量就会稳步增长。起初，它可能只是一张蜘蛛网，很容易被冲破，但如果不加以抵制，它很快就会把我们用铁链捆在一起。

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To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

放弃自己的原则是真正的死亡-和为一个不可能的爱而死，这是爱的对立面。

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Individualism is rather like innocence; there must be something unconscious about it.

个人主义很像天真;一定是无意识的。

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Quoting, like smoking, is a dirty habit to which I am devoted.

引用，就像吸烟一样，是我的恶习。

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I am, indeed, a king, because I know how to rule myself.

我的确是一个国王，因为我知道如何管理自己。

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A miser and his persimmon seeds.

一个守财奴和他的柿子。

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