A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

  • -- Quintilian 昆提利亚语

以牺牲美德为代价换来的笑声太昂贵了。

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Forgiveness is the economy of the heart... forgiveness saves the expense of anger, the cost of hatred, the waste of spirits.

宽恕是心灵的节约……宽恕节省了愤怒的代价,仇恨的代价,精神的浪费。

One marvels why the middle classes still insist on so much discomfort for their children at such expense to themselves.

令人惊讶的是,为什么中产阶级仍然坚持让他们的孩子感到如此不舒服,而自己却付出了如此大的代价。

It's not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.

重要的不是你付给一个人多少钱,而是他让你付出了什么。

What you get free costs too much.

你免费得到的东西太贵了。