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.

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

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。

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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。

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Happiness is not so much in having as sharing. We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

幸福与其说是拥有不如说是分享。我们靠得到的东西生活，但我们靠给予的东西生活。

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Men blush less for their crimes than for their weaknesses and vanity.

人的脸红不是因为他们的罪行，而是因为他们的软弱和虚荣。

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Gifts have ribbons, not strings.

礼物有丝带，没有绳子。

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