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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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A tail behind, a trunk in front, Complete the usual elephant. The tail in front, the trunk behind, Is what you very seldom find. If you for specimens should hunt With trunks behind and tails in front, That hunt would occupy you long The force of habit is so strong.

尾巴在后面，树干在前面， 完成通常的大象。 尾巴在前面，树干在后， 是你很少能找到的。 如果你是为了标本而打猎的话 树干在后面，尾巴在前面， 那狩猎会占用你很长时间 习惯的力量是如此强大。

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Habit with him was all the test of truth; It must be right: I’ve done it from my youth. To fall into a habit is to begin to cease to be.

他的习惯是对真理的全部考验;这一定是对的:我从年轻时就这样做了。养成一种习惯就是开始停止。

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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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For beings who have it in us to afford so much joy to others, how miserly we are!

对于那些拥有快乐的人来说，我们是多么的吝啬啊!

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I have given up reading books; I find it takes my mind off myself.

我已经放弃读书;我发现它能让我忘记自己。

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The mind's first step to self-awareness must be through the body.

意识的第一步必须通过身体。

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Be harsh with yourself at times.

有时对自己苛刻一点。

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