A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自己
Himself
A person's worst enemy can't wish on him what he can think up himself.
一个人最大的敌人不能对他寄予他自己能想到的希望。
If man makes himself a worm he must not complain when he is trodden on.
如果一个人把自己变成一条虫子，那么当他被践踏时，他就不应该抱怨。
A man who trims himself to suit everybody will soon whittle himself away.
一个努力使自己适合所有人的人很快就会瘦下来。
Only the person who has faith in himself is able to be faithful to others.
只有对自己有信心的人才能对别人忠诚。
A fool thinks himself to bewise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool.
傻瓜自以为聪明，但聪明人知道自己是傻瓜。
The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.
愚人自以为聪明，但聪明人知道自己是愚人。
The husband who decides to surprise his wife is often very much surprised himself.
丈夫决定给妻子一个惊喜，往往自己也会非常惊讶。
Man is asked to make of himself what he is supposed to become to fulfill his destiny.
人们被要求把自己塑造成应该成为什么样的人，以完成自己的使命。
Having achieved and accomplished love... man... has become himself, his tale is told.
获得并完成爱…男人。已成为他自己，他的故事被讲述。
Many a man who has known himself at ten forgets himself utterly between ten and thirty.
许多在十岁时就认识自己的人，在十岁到三十岁之间就会完全忘掉自己。
Every artist makes himself born. It is very much harder than the other time, and longer.
每个艺术家都是天生的。这比上次要难得多，时间也更长。
Man is the only creature that strives to surpass himself, and yearns for the impossible.
人是唯一努力超越自己，渴望不可能的事物的生物。
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When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.
当一个人对他说话的人不理解，他自己也不理解时，这就是形而上学。
An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.
一个受过教育的人是彻底预防欺诈的，为自己着想，并试图在演讲或纸上以某种方式表达自己的思想。
A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
一个人可以让自己放下即将发生的事情，即使它看起来是令人作呕的胡言乱语;明天，其中的一些可能看起来根本就不是无稽之谈。
Man is a universe within himself.
人的内心是一个宇宙。
He conquers who conquers himself.
只有战胜自己的人才能战胜自己。
He who trims himself to suit everyone will soon whittle himself away.
努力使自己适合所有人的人很快就会瘦下来。