We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

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

当虚荣不能使我们说话时,我们很少说话。

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The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.

意识到眼前快乐的虚假性,以及对缺乏快乐的虚荣心的无知,导致了无常。

Sometimes what someone else does is really not what you expected them to do, which to be honest, sometimes doesn't work.

有时候别人做的事情并不是你期望他们做的,说实话,有时候是行不通的。

What is called generosity is usually only the vanity of giving; we enjoy the vanity more than the thing given.

所谓慷慨,通常只是给予的虚荣;我们享受虚荣心甚于得到的东西。

I don't need a friend who changes when I change and who nods when I nod; my shadow does that much better.

我不需要一个随我改变而改变,随我点头而点头的朋友;我的影子做得更好。