Pampered vanity is a better thing perhaps than starved pride.

  • -- Joanna Baillie 乔安娜·贝利

娇生惯养的虚荣心也许比饥渴的自尊心要好。

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The false pride of perennial celebration, of wearing flag lapel pins while betraying the values that the flag stands for, is like the self-esteem curriculum for toddlers, where everything is praised and no achievement ultimately has meaning.

长期庆祝,佩戴国旗翻领别针,却背叛了国旗所代表的价值观,这种虚假的骄傲,就像幼儿的自尊课程,一切都得到赞扬,但没有任何成就最终有意义。

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。

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

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。

All anyone asks for is a chance to work with pride.

所有人所要求的只是一个自豪地工作的机会。