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Vanity is as old as the mammoth.
虚荣心和猛犸象一样古老。
— W. L. George W.L.乔治
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更多好句 ↗We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.
我们不能容忍别人的虚荣心,因为它冒犯了我们自己。
Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
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。
Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
The highest form of vanity is love of fame.
虚荣的最高形式是对名誉的爱。
George Santayana
乔治·桑塔亚纳
No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.
对于人类希望的虚荣心,没有任何地方比公共图书馆更能令人信服了。
Samuel Johnson
塞缪尔·约翰逊
A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rougue to retire upon.
一个漂亮的妻子,对于一个爱挑剔虚荣的乡巴佬来说,是靠得住的。
Thomas Moore
托马斯·摩尔
My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town.
我的虚荣心由于被误认为是我们尊敬的君主而得到了满足。我命令在我家门前的树下为第二天晚上准备一个宴会,并邀请了全城的人。
Adelbert von Chamisso
阿德尔贝特·冯·沙米索