Don't be overly self-protective, you may yet experience a lot of magic.

不要过度自我保护，你迟早会体验到大量的神奇魔力。

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Fears of dirt, rats, mice andinsects are obviously self-protective, since all these carry diseases.

对灰尘、老鼠和昆虫的恐惧来源于自我保护意识，因为它们都能传播疾病。

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Scorpios have a very complicated personality. They are clever, uncompromising, calculating, and self-protective.

天蝎座的人拥有非常复杂的个性，他们非常聪明，从不妥协，攻于心计且善于自我保护。

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If we withhold or obscure the truth, we get self-protective falsehoods in return.

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Just consider the latest hoax infecting news feeds, the one where users posted legalistic gobbledygook declaring self-protective personal copyright protection.

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Both groups tend to engage in self-protective behavior, because they feel exposed.

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