We confess our little faults to persuade people that we have no large ones.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

我们承认自己的小错误是为了让人们相信我们没有大错误。

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Do not think of your faults, still less of others' faults; look for what is good and strong, and try to imitate it. Your faults will drop off, like dead leaves, when their time comes.

不要想自己的缺点,更不要想别人的缺点;寻找什么是好的和强大的,并试图模仿它。你们的过犯,到了时候,必如枯叶落下。

I never did very well in math - I could never seem to persuade the teacher that I hadn't meant my answers literally.

我的数学从来没有学好过——我似乎从来没有说服老师我的答案不是字面意思。

If we had no faults of our own, we should not take so much pleasure in noticing those in others.

如果我们没有自己的缺点,我们就不会那么乐于注意别人的缺点。

When you have nothing important or interesting to say, don't let anyone persuade you to say it.

当你没有什么重要或有趣的事情要说时,不要让任何人说服你说出来。