Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.

  • -- Francis Beaumont 弗朗西斯·博蒙特

嫉妒像虫子一样,只会爬向最美丽的果实;就像一只狡猾的侦探犬,它把羊群中最肥的鹿挑出来。

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The women's movement hit my neighborhood like a freight train. Everybody got divorced. You wonder what would have happened to women if the suburbs hadn't been built.

妇女运动像一列货运火车一样袭击了我的社区。每个人都离婚了。你想知道,如果郊区没有建成,女性会发生什么。

Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.

束缚是人格的生命,为了束缚,个人的自我会以不知疲倦的足智多谋和最顽固的狡诈而斗争。

The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

古代作家的赞美不是来自对死者的崇敬,而是来自对生者的竞争和相互嫉妒。

Cunning is the art of concealing our own defects, and discovering other people's weaknesses.

狡猾是一种隐藏自己缺点,发现别人缺点的艺术。

You never realize how much you like someone until you watch them like someone else.

你永远不会意识到你有多喜欢一个人,直到你看到他们喜欢上另一个人。

The covetous spends more than the liberal.

贪婪的人比自由主义者花钱更多。