To
all apparent beauties blind; each blemish strikes an envious mind.
嫉妒者对一切显然的美丽视而不见,但对每一个小小的瑕疵却铭记在心。
What is a butterfly? At best he,s but a caterpiller
drest. The gaudy fop,s his picture just.
蝴蝶是什么?充其量是穿着艳丽衣裳的毛虫而已。
Man,s tongue is soft, and bone doth lack; yet a
stroke there with may break a man,s back.
人的舌头无骨而柔软,但它却可把人的背击断。
(摘自《格言篇》富兰克林著
刘荣跃编译)
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