A humble man falls in love with himself; a vain man falls in love with his reflection.

一个谦虚的人爱上的是他自己；而一个虚荣的人爱上的却是自己的倒影。

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To be sure, there were several patches on him, but the tinsmiths did a good job, and as the Woodman was not a vain man he did not mind the patches at all.

不过，从此他身上有了好几个补钉，那是免不了的，可这些铁皮匠，已经把工作做得很出色，而且铁皮人并不是一个爱外表的虚荣的人，这些补钉，他不放在心上。

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There were once a man and a woman who had long in vain wished for a child.

从前，有一对男女，他们一直想要个孩子，但一直没有实现。

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This other man I had dreamed A drunken, vain-glorious lout.

我曾认为这另外一个人,是爱好虚荣，粗鄙不堪的酒鬼。

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Rush, with his baritonal amplitude and fondness for mock pomp, makes the actor a vain, hollow man, grasping at something that he knows has eluded him his entire life.

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