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A man's vanity tells him what is honor, a man's conscience what is justice.

  • -- Walter Savage Landor 兰德

一个人的虚荣心告诉他什么是荣誉，一个人的良心告诉他什么是正义。

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My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town.

我的虚荣心由于被误认为是我们尊敬的君主而得到了满足。我命令在我家门前的树下为第二天晚上准备一个宴会，并邀请了全城的人。

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Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

没有什么比在别人身上表现出更大的虚荣心更能抚慰我们的虚荣心了;事实上，它使我们对自己的谦虚感到骄傲。

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I never thought honor would feel like betrayal.

我从没想过荣誉会让人觉得是背叛。

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Honor sinks where commerce long prevails.

在商业盛行的地方，荣誉会沉沦。

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