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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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The rising sun can dispel the darkness of night, but it cannot banish the blackness of malice, hatred, bigotry, and selfishness from the hearts of humanity.

初升的太阳可以驱散黑夜的黑暗，但它不能驱除人类心中的邪恶、仇恨、偏执和自私。

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Habits wear more constantly and with greatest force than reason, which, when we have most need of it, is seldom fairly consulted, and more rarely obeyed.

习惯比理智磨损得更频繁、更猛烈，而在我们最需要理智的时候，却很少有人去公平地考虑它，也很少有人去服从它。

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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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Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty.

贪婪似乎已渗透到我们的各项重要原则之中，以致于与除和平与富裕之外的一切补救希望作斗争。

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Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy person has no time to form.

变老只不过是一个忙碌的人没有时间养成的坏习惯。

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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

礼貌只是一般自私的表面现象。

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To know yourself is to know where you're from.

了解自己就是了解自己来自哪里。

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Be harsh with yourself at times.

有时对自己苛刻一点。

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