That good disposition which boasts of being most tender is often stifled by the least urging of self-interest.

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

自诩最温柔的好心肠，往往会被最无关紧要的私利所扼杀。

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Often for hors d'oeuvres, I serve room temperature vegetables, something like that, so that the main course might be quite rich but the first course has balanced it out.

我通常会在开胃小菜上放一些常温蔬菜之类的东西，这样主菜可能会很丰盛，但第一道菜的味道就很平衡了。

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If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.

如果一个人郁郁寡欢，就由他自己去好了。没有人有权利在社会上大声疾呼，更糟糕的是，他看起来像是在压抑悲伤。

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It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.

人们常说，在你死之前，你的生命在你眼前逝去。事实上这是真的。它叫做生活。

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