Good self-esteem is a prerequisite for a happy life.

良好的自尊心是幸福生活的先决条件。

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The discipline of studying music can help children develop good work habits and improve self-esteem.

学习音乐的规范训练能帮助孩子们养成良好的做事习惯和增强自尊心。

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They believed that good parents should be self-sacrificing and self-denying.

他们相信好的父母应该自我牺牲和克己忘我。

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Another important trait was self-esteem: Does the person feel good about himself or herself?

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Franny again cleared her throat. Apparently, her self-imposed sentence of unadulterated good listenership had been fully served. "Why?" she asked.

弗兰尼又清了喉咙，他的自欺式的自白得到了倾听,遇到了好听众，为什么，她问。

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What's the point of all of this study, all of this work, ?" all of this self-denial if I could just wind up" ? - this is a good question -- if I could just wind up dead tomorrow?

要是我就要死了，这所有的学习，努力，自我克制还都有什么意义“,-这是个好问题--要是我明天就死了呢？

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Self-sacrifice is said to be the good, self-interest the evil.

FORBES: By Eliminating Failure, The Government Robs Us Of Success

Ultimately, the only way out of this looming crisis lies with the boomer gentry doing something totally out of character: getting past their self-interest and self-love for the good of the next generation.

FORBES: New Geographer

The book brims not only with the self-exculpation you might expect but also with a good deal of self-congratulation which, in the circumstances, you might not.

ECONOMIST: Lexington