Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, leads to ruin.

  • -- Tacitus 塔西托斯

坦率和慷慨,除非经过适当的节制,否则会导致毁灭。

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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。

I like to go to Marshall Field's in Chicago just to see how many things there are in the world that I do not want.

我喜欢去芝加哥的马歇尔菲尔德看看世界上有多少东西是我不想要的。

If you believe that you can damage, then believe that you can fix.

如果你相信自己能造成伤害,那么就相信自己能修复。

There is moderation even in excess.

适度甚至是过度的。