There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

有些人对自卑如此不耐烦,以至于他们的感激是一种报复,他们回报利益,不是因为报偿是一种快乐,而是因为义务是一种痛苦

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I would rather have an inferiority complex and be pleasantly surprised, than have a superiority complex and be rudely awakened.

我宁愿有自卑情结而惊喜,也不愿有优越感而被粗暴地唤醒。

Power takes as ingratitude the writhing of its victims.

权势认为牺牲者的痛苦是忘恩负义。

Fear is the thought of admitted inferiority.

恐惧是承认自卑的想法。

We are alive to be thankful.

我们活着就是为了感恩。