To say that a man is vain means merely that he is pleased with the effect he produces on other people.

  • -- Max Beerbohm 比尔博姆

说一个人是虚荣的,仅仅意味着他对自己给别人带来的影响感到满意。

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A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.

一个人可以活得健康,而不需要为了食物而猎杀动物;因此,如果他吃肉,他参与动物的生命只是为了他的胃口。

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

一个人没有什么办法不去逃避思考的劳动。

The task of the solitary man is to be even more solitary.

孤独者的任务是使自己更加孤独。

Life is not merely to be alive, but to be well.

生活不仅仅是活着,而是要活得好。