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谦虚
Modesty
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。
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。
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。
It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.
一个人谦虚是容易的，但当一个人是无名小卒时，谦虚就很难了。
Nothing can atone for the lack of modesty; without which beauty is ungraceful and wit detestable.
没有什么可以弥补不谦虚;没有它，美是不优雅的，智慧是可憎的。
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。
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。
A just and reasonable modesty does not only recommend eloquence, but sets off every great talent which a man can be possessed of.
公正合理的谦虚不仅能使人能言善辩，而且能激发人的一切才能。
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。
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。
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。
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。
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Modesty is a vastly overrated virtue.
谦虚是一种被严重高估的美德。
No truly great person ever thought themselves so.
真正伟大的人从来没有这样想过。
Modesty is the conscience of the body.
谦虚是身体的良知。
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。
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。
Conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long; even if it is, the consciousness of possessing and using it well should satisfy one, and the great charm of all power is modesty.
自负败坏最优秀的天才。真正的天赋和善良不会被长期忽视;即使是这样，拥有和利用好它的意识应该满足一个人，所有力量的最大魅力是谦虚。