The vanity of being known to be trusted with a secret is generally one of the chief motives to disclose it.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

公开秘密的主要动机之一,通常是出于虚荣心,希望别人相信自己能保守秘密。

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What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

我们所说的慷慨,在很大程度上只是给予的虚荣心;我们这样做是因为我们更喜欢虚荣心而不是我们给予的东西。

Vanity is as ill at ease under indifference as tenderness is under a love which it cannot return.

虚荣在冷漠下感到不安,正如温柔在无法回报的爱情下感到不安一样。