An innocent plowman is more worthy
than a vicious prince.
一个邪恶的王子还不如一个清白的庄稼汉有价值。
Strange, that he who lives by shifts, can seldom
shift himself.
怪哉,靠欺骗生活者,难以欺骗自己。
A man is never so ridiculous by those qualities
that are his own as by those that he affects to have.
人最滑稽可笑的,不是他自身的品质,而是他伪装的品质。
(摘自《格言篇》富兰克林著
刘荣跃编译)
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