没有什么比过高地估计自己的重要更能经常导致自己的羞愧。
No cause more frequently produces bashfulness than too high an opinion of our own importance. (No. 159)
巴基斯坦日益增强的自给自足意识使得他们在同美国谈判时过高地估计了自己。
Pakistanis' growing sense of autarky has led them to overplay their hand in negotiations with the United States.
策略师詹姆斯·蒙蒂尔在最近给客户的一份便函中提到：“在使自己和他人快乐这方面，很多人都过高地估计了金钱的重要性。”
A vast array of individuals seriously overrate the importance of money in making themselves, and others, happy, said strategist James Montier in a recent memo to clients.
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