My vanity was flattered by having been mistaken for our revered sovereign. I ordered a banquet to be got ready for the following evening, under the trees before my house, and invited the whole town.

-- Adelbert von Chamisso 阿德尔贝特·冯·沙米索

我的虚荣心由于被误认为是我们尊敬的君主而得到了满足。我命令在我家门前的树下为第二天晚上准备一个宴会，并邀请了全城的人。

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Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you.

班上的小丑永远不允许和正派的人约会，但是你不会挨揍，你会被邀请参加聚会，每个人都喜欢你。

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No place affords a more striking conviction of the vanity of human hopes than a public library.

对于人类希望的虚荣心，没有任何地方比公共图书馆更能令人信服了。

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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。

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