It's not vanity to know your own good points. It would just be stupidity if you didn't; It's only vanity when you get puffed up about them.
— L. M. Montgomery  ·  No category

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vanity ['vænəti] 词频2 词根: vac
n. 虚荣，浮华;自负;空虚，无聊的事物;无价值的东西;
💡 van空+ity表名词→空虚
"A man's vanity is actually in proportion to his ignorance."
一个人的虚荣心实际上是和他的愚蠢程度成正比.
近义：immodesty, imperiousness, insolence, insolency, jactitation, arrogance 反义：humbleness, lowliness, meekness
know [no] 词频1 词根: 知道
v. 知道;了解;认识;确信; n. 知情;
💡 知道know的人爱说自己不no知道
"Do you know your ABC?"
你认识所有的字母吗？
近义：learn, understand, get, cognize, comprehend, meet
stupidity [stju'piditi]
n. 愚蠢;愚行;蠢事;蠢话;
"I couldn't believe my own stupidity."
我干的蠢事我自己都不能相信。
近义：idiocy, imbecility, inanity, asininity, ludicrousness, nonsense 反义：aptness, intellect, invention, argument, knack, mentality
puffed
a. 疏松的
近义：inflamed, puffy, baggy, swollen, tumid, turgid
points
n. 转轨器, 道岔\\n[计] 磅

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"There's really no fun in being sensible all the time...."
"Proverbs are all very fine when there's nothing to worry you, but when you're in real trouble, they're not a bit of help."
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