A critic once described American writer Edith Wharton as a "self-made man."

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Different quote. "Kagan is a self-righteous little man" Now I've got to tell you, that bit about being little, that really hurts.

不同的例证，“卡刚是一个自私的小人“,现在我必须告诉你们，说我小人的那句话，那真的很伤人。

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Maybe one could even say Machiavelli's prince is, in a way, the first truly self-made man.

也还更能说,马奇亚维利的君王是，从某一层面看来，第一位真正白手起家的君子。

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You must agree with me that perhaps he might have some bordello-oriented thoughts, there is no way in hell that this unspeakably self-controlled young man would actually find himself in a whorehouse.

你们必须同意我的看法,虽然弥尔顿有妓院为本的思想，但实在难以形容这位那么自律的年轻人,会去妓院。

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