Most people return small favours, acknowledge middling ones, and
repay great ones with ingratitude.
许多人对小恩小惠给予回报,对一般的恩惠则表示感谢,但对大恩大德却忘恩负义。
Many complains of their memory, few of their judgment.
人们大多抱怨自己的记忆力,而很少抱怨自己的判断力。
Vice knows she,s ugly, so puts on her mask.
邪恶自知丑陋,所以戴上面具。
Silks and satins put out the kitchen fire.
用丝绸和缎子扑灭厨房之火。
(摘自《格言篇》富兰克林著
刘荣跃编译)
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