Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

名利常使作家虚荣,但很少使他骄傲。

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In outward show so splendid and so vain; 'tis but a gilded block without a brain.

在外表上是那么辉煌,那么虚荣;这只不过是一块没有大脑的镀金的石头。

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

做一个人自己的傻瓜已经够糟了,但是虚荣的人却是每个人的。

A Stander-by is often a better judge of the game than those that play.

旁观者往往比旁观者更能判断比赛的结果。