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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Rude contact with facts chased my visions and dreams quickly away, and in their stead I beheld the horrors, the corruption, the evils and hypocrisy of society, and as I stood among them, a young wife, a great wail of agony went out from my soul.

与事实的粗暴接触很快就把我的幻想和梦想赶跑了，取而代之的是社会的恐怖、腐败、邪恶和虚伪。

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That's something that is almost accidental at the beginning of a career, but the more you write, the more trained you are to recognize the little signals.

这在职业生涯的开始几乎是偶然的，但是你写得越多，你就越能识别出这些小信号。

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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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Hypocrisy can afford to be magnificent in its promises, for never intending to go beyond promise, it costs nothing.

伪善可以在它的承诺中变得华丽，因为从不打算超越承诺，它不需要付出任何代价。

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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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Bastard Freedom waves Her fustian flag in mockery over slaves.

私生子自由挥舞着她的浮夸的旗帜嘲笑奴隶。

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Fly the white flag of war.

高举战争的白旗。

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