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Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

礼貌只是一般自私的表面现象。

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Therefore, a person should first be changed by a teacher's instructions, and guided by principles of ritual. Only then can he observe the rules of courtesy and humility, obey the conventions and rules of society, and achieve order.

因此，一个人首先应该被老师的教导所改变，并遵循礼仪的原则。只有这样，他才能遵守礼貌和谦逊的规则，遵守社会的惯例和规则，实现秩序。

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There's nothing more exciting for an actor than a chance to lose, to be someone who has lost - especially if it's someone who starts off with a veneer of control. To be broken is wonderful.

对于一个演员来说，没有什么比失去一个机会更令人兴奋的了，成为一个已经失去的人——尤其是当这个人一开始就有一种控制的假象的时候。被打破是美好的。

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Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing.

文明人比野蛮人更不礼貌，因为他们知道，通常情况下，即使他们的头颅没有被劈开，也可能是不礼貌的。

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Decisions! And a general, a commander in chief who has not got the quality of decision, then he is no good.

决定!而一个将军，一个没有决断能力的三军统帅，那他就一无是处。

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Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

可怜爱人的自私吧，它是短暂的，是无望的希望;这是不可能的。

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Who eats his cock alone must saddle his horse alone.

一个人吃鸡巴，就得一个人备马。

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Courtesy is the password to safety.

礼貌是通往安全的密码。

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