Virtue would go far if vanity did not keep it company.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

如果没有虚荣心作伴,美德将走得很远。

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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

虚荣和骄傲是两码事,尽管这两个词经常被用作同义词。一个人可以骄傲而不虚荣。骄傲更多地与我们对自己的看法有关;虚荣心,我们希望别人怎么看我们。

Do not suppose, dearest Sir, that I am so short-sighted as to destroy my life by English preaching, or any other preaching. St. Paul did much good by his preaching, but how much more by his writings.

亲爱的先生,别以为我目光短浅,就凭讲英语,或者别的什么说教,就毁掉了我的生活。保罗的传道固然有益处,但他的著作更有益处。

The man of life upright has a guiltless heart, free from all dishonest deeds or thought of vanity.

正直人的心,是无邪的,没有不义的行为,也没有虚谎的意念。

I am just relaxing and enjoying myself, doing what I always did.

我只是放松和享受自己,做我一直做的事情。