We say little, when vanity does not make us speak.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

当虚荣不能使我们说话时,我们很少说话。

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I think when you do comedy, you play by a different set of rules. No one really wants you to be in that good shape. Being in good shape implies a level of vanity that isn't necessarily funny.

我认为当你演喜剧时,你要遵循一套不同的规则。没有人真的想让你保持良好的状态。保持良好的体型意味着一定程度的虚荣心,而这种虚荣心并不一定是有趣的。

Every time a student walks past a really urgent, expressive piece of architecture that belongs to his college, it can help reassure him that he does have that mind, does have that soul.

每当一个学生经过一幢属于他的学院的非常紧急、富有表现力的建筑时,它都能帮助他确信,他确实有那样的头脑,有那样的灵魂。

Vanity is a vital aid to nature: completely and absolutely necessary to life. It is one of nature's ways to bind you to the earth.

虚荣心对自然是一种重要的帮助:对生命来说是完全和绝对必要的。这是大自然将你与地球联系在一起的方式之一。

My painting does not come from the easel.

我的画不是来自画架。