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

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

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。

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Do not be afraid of showing your affection. Be warm and tender, thoughtful and affectionate. Men are more helped by sympathy, than by service; love is more than money, and a kind word will give more pleasure than a present.

不要害怕表达你的爱。热情而温柔,体贴而深情。同情比服务更能帮助人们;爱情比金钱更珍贵,一句甜言蜜语比一份礼物更能给人带来快乐。

A mother's arms are made of tenderness and children sleep soundly in them.

母亲的臂膀是温柔的,孩子们在臂膀里熟睡。

Flattery is a kind of bad money, to which our vanity gives us currency.

奉承是一种坏钱,我们的虚荣心给了我们钱。

There was never yet fair woman but she made mouths in a glass.

从来没有一个漂亮的女人不对着镜子做鬼脸。