A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
虚荣
Vanity
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。
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。
There are a number of companies in the area who do artificial foliage very well-- but I'd compare it to when you go to someone's house for dinner. If there is a flower arrangement that is fake, it makes me think differently of that person.
这一地区有很多公司的人造树叶都做得很好，但我想把它和你去别人家吃饭的时候做个比较。如果有一种插花是假的，它会让我对那个人有不同的看法。
I am content with nothing, restless and ambitious... and I despise myself for the vanity, which formed half the stimulus to my exertions. Oh would that I were one of those plodding wise fools who having once set their hand to the plough go on nothing doubting.
我什么都不满足，躁动不安，野心勃勃……我鄙视自己的虚荣心，虚荣心是我努力的一半动力。啊，但愿我是那些曾经着手犁地的迟钝而又聪明的傻瓜之一，什么也不怀疑。
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Vanity is my favourite sin.
虚荣是我最大的罪恶。
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。
The luxury of age was the giving up of vanity.
年龄的奢侈就是放弃虚荣心。
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。