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Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.

  • -- Edwin Hubbell Chapin 埃德温·哈贝尔·查宾

炫耀是虚伪的信号。

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An ostentatious man will rather relate a blunder or an absurdity he has committed, than be debarred from talking of his own dear person.

一个爱炫耀的人宁可把他所犯的错误或荒谬的事说出来，也不愿被禁止谈论他自己心爱的人。

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Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

说话要得体，尽量少说话，但一定要简明扼要;因为言语的结局，不是炫耀，乃是叫人明白。

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If beauty isn't genius it usually signals at least a high level of animal cunning.

如果美不是天才，它通常至少表明了动物的高度狡猾。

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Either you look back and deal with your hypocrisy, or you dismiss it.

你要么回顾过去，面对自己的虚伪，要么不屑一顾。

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The less a statesman amounts to, the more he loves the flag.

一个政治家越不重要，他就越喜欢国旗。

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Many a bum show has been saved by the flag.

国旗挽救了许多不光彩的表演。

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