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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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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。
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。
Usually the modest person passes for someone reserved, the silent for a sullen person.
通常谦虚的人被认为是矜持的人，沉默的人被认为是阴沉的人。
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。
With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee.
以真诚的谦虚，如果有这样的事情，我从来没有想过遗产。如果人们喜欢我所做的一切，我总是心存感激。遗产是没有人能预见的。
If modesty and candor are necessary to an author in his judgment of his own works, no less are they in his reader.
如果一个作家在评价自己的作品时需要谦虚和坦率，那么他的读者也同样需要谦虚和坦率。