Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes himself get good things by jealousy, while the other does not allow his neighbour to have them through envy.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

嫉妒既是合理的,也是属于理性的人;嫉妒是卑贱的,也是属于卑贱的,因为嫉妒可以使人得到好处,嫉妒却不能使人得到好处。

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Nothing is more capable of troubling our reason, and consuming our health, than secret notions of jealousy in solitude.

没有什么比孤独中偷偷产生的嫉妒更能扰乱我们的理智,消耗我们的健康。

We were not allowed to say, Screw, but we could say, Hump the hostess, because hump is in Shakespeare.

我们不能说,滚,但我们可以说,驼背的女主人,因为驼背在莎士比亚。

Don't allow your wounds to turn you in to a person you are not.

不要让你的伤痛把你变成一个不是你的人。

A jealous ear hears all things.

嫉妒的耳朵能听到一切。