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谦虚
Modesty
Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
谦虚是一种被严重高估的美德。
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
谦虚是身体的良知。
No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
真正伟大的人从来没有这样想过。
Modesty once extinguished knows not how to return.
谦虚一旦熄灭就不知如何再回来。
Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
当你想要得到表扬时，谦虚是唯一可靠的诱饵。
Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
重婚就是妻子过多。一夫一妻制也是一样。
Modesty is not only an ornament, but also a guard to virtue.
谦虚不仅是装饰品，而且是美德的守卫。
Remember that with her clothes a woman puts off her modesty.
记住，女人穿衣服是为了掩饰她的羞怯。
Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.
真诚不是一朵自发的花，谦虚也不是。
Modesty is a quality in a lover more praised by the women than liked.
谦虚是情人的一种品质，女人更喜欢称赞他，而不是喜欢他。
He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.
其言之不怍，则为之也难！
Modesty is to merit, as shades to figures in a picture, giving it strength and beauty.
谦虚是美德，就像一幅画中的人物的阴影一样，给了它力量和美丽。
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I don't think it's the nature of any man to be monogamous. Men are propelled by genetically ordained impulses over which they have no control to distribute their seed.
我认为一夫一妻制不是男人的本性。人类是由基因决定的冲动推动的，他们无法控制这种冲动来传播他们的种子。
With people of limited ability modesty is merely honesty. But with those who possess great talent it is hypocrisy.
对于能力有限的人，谦虚只是诚实。但在有才能的人面前，却是虚伪。
The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one.
最简单的关系是和一万个人在一起，最难的关系是和一个人在一起。
With a woman of sophistication, class and modesty and refinement, I become a totally tongue-tied buffoon. I can't even look her straight in the face.
有了一个世故、有品位、谦虚和文雅的女人，我成了一个哑口无言的小丑。我甚至不能直视她的脸。
Good taste is the modesty of the mind; that is why it cannot be either imitated or acquired.
好的品味是谦虚的心;这就是为什么它既不能被模仿也不能被获得。
When virtue and modesty enlighten her charms, the lustre of a beautiful woman is brighter than the stars of heaven, and the influence of her power it is in vain to resist.
当美德和谦虚照亮她的魅力时，一个美丽女人的光彩就比天上的星星还要明亮，抵抗她的力量的影响是徒劳的。