Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

Nothing so soothes our vanity as a display of greater vanity in others; it make us vain, in fact, of our modesty.

没有什么比在别人身上表现出更大的虚荣心更能抚慰我们的虚荣心了;事实上，它使我们对自己的谦虚感到骄傲。

-- Louis Kronenberger 路易斯·克罗嫩伯格