Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

-- Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森

虚荣死很难;在某些顽固的情况下，它比人活得长。

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I remain convinced that obstinate addiction to ordinary language in our private thoughts is one of the main obstacles to progress in philosophy.

我仍然相信，固执地沉迷于我们个人思想中的普通语言是哲学进步的主要障碍之一。

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There is no restraining men's tongues or pens when charged with a little vanity.

人的舌头和笔，若为一点虚浮，是不能拦阻的。

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Metaphysics means nothing but an unusually obstinate effort to think clearly.

形而上学不过是一种异常顽固的努力，目的是要清晰地思考。

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We are often shot with our own feathers.

我们经常被自己的羽毛击中。

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