Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.

  • -- Lord Chesterfield 切斯特菲尔德勋爵

当你想要得到表扬时,谦虚是唯一可靠的诱饵。

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When someone saves your life and gives you life, there's gratitude, humility; there's a time you've been so blessed you realize you've been given another chance at life that maybe you did or didn't deserve.

当有人救了你的命,给了你生命,那就是感激,谦卑;曾经有一段时间,你是如此幸运,你意识到你得到了另一个生命的机会,也许是你应得的,也许不是。

When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.

当美德和谦虚照亮她的魅力时,一个美丽女人的光彩就比天上的星星还要明亮,抵抗她的力量的影响是徒劳的。

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

如果你的理智是谦逊的,它就会焕发出双倍的光彩。一个能干而谦虚的人是一颗宝石,价值连城。

Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.

好的品味是谦虚的心;这就是为什么它既不能被模仿也不能被获得。

Few human beings are proof against the implied flattery of rapt attention.

很少有人能证明自己不会受到全神贯注的奉承。

Their silence is praise enough.

他们的沉默是足够的赞美。