What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

表面上的慷慨往往不过是一种伪装的野心,它为了获得一份大的利益而忽视了一份小的利益。

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Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

成熟往往比青春更荒唐,而且往往对青春最不公平。

Too often new ideas are studied and analyzed until they are suffocated.

新思想常常被研究和分析,直到它们被扼杀。