The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.

  • -- Colum McCann 科伦·麦卡恩

年龄的奢侈就是放弃虚荣心。

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What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

我们所说的慷慨,在很大程度上只是给予的虚荣心;我们这样做是因为我们更喜欢虚荣心而不是我们给予的东西。

We are often shot with our own feathers.

我们经常被自己的羽毛击中。