Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

  • -- Louis Kronenberger 路易斯·克罗嫩伯格

没有什么比在别人身上表现出更大的虚荣心更能抚慰我们的虚荣心了;事实上,它使我们对自己的谦虚感到骄傲。

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Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride relates more to our opinion of ourselves; vanity, to what we would have others think of us.

虚荣和骄傲是两码事,尽管这两个词经常被用作同义词。一个人可以骄傲而不虚荣。骄傲更多地与我们对自己的看法有关;虚荣心,我们希望别人怎么看我们。

Always first draw fresh breath after outbursts of vanity and complacency.

在虚荣心和自满情绪爆发之后,一定要先吸一口气。