The surest cure for vanity is loneliness.

  • -- Tom Wolfe 汤姆·沃尔夫

治疗虚荣心最可靠的方法是孤独。

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I have friends who I get along with who I know get very uncomfortable being alone, unless they're with people, talking all the time. Whether it's on the phone, or in person, they're never by themselves. Whereas I could be alone for months.

我有一些朋友,他们和我相处得很好,我知道他们一个人很不舒服,除非他们和别人在一起,一直在聊天。无论是在电话里,还是当面,他们都不会独处。而我可以一个人待上几个月。

We have no patience with other people's vanity because it is offensive to our own.

我们不能容忍别人的虚荣心,因为它冒犯了我们自己。

Utter loneliness was planted in me then, and sent its deep roots down into me.

那时,彻底的孤独在我心里生根发芽,深深地扎根在我的心里。

The vanity of teaching doth oft tempt a man to forget that he is a blockhead.

教育的虚荣心常使人忘记自己是个笨蛋。