Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

  • -- Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森

虚荣死很难;在某些顽固的情况下,它比人活得长。

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True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

真正的智慧与其说是自以为是,不如说是愚蠢。智慧人屡次疑惑,就改变心意。愚妄人固执,不疑惑。除了自己的无知,他什么都知道。

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.

没有虚荣心,没有卖弄风情,没有好奇心,一句话,没有堕落,女人就不会是女人。她的优雅主要在于她的脆弱。

Vanity is a vital aid to nature: completely and absolutely necessary to life. It is one of nature's ways to bind you to the earth.

虚荣心对自然是一种重要的帮助:对生命来说是完全和绝对必要的。这是大自然将你与地球联系在一起的方式之一。