Many persons have the wrong idea of what constitutes true happiness. It is not attained through self-gratification but through fidelity to a worthy purpose.
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n. 幸福;高兴;恰当;合适;
💡 happi=happy快乐+ness表名词→ 幸福,快乐
"I wish you the life of happiness and prosperity."
我祝你生活幸福、万事如意.
近义：joy, pleasure, bliss, blithe, eudaemonia, eudaimonia
反义：misery, misfortune, sadness, wretchedness, infelicity, discontent
n. 忠诚，忠实;逼真;保真度;尽责;
💡 fid相信，信念+el名词后缀表示人、集体+ity表示性质→相信的性质→坚贞；忠心
"There is nothing like a dog's fidelity."
没有什么能比得上狗的忠诚.
近义：ardor, ardour, loyalty, obedience, piety, troth
反义：infidelity, ingratitude, recreancy, thanklessness, treachery, treason
adj. 应得某事物;值得做某事;可尊敬的;配得上的，相称的;
n. 杰出人物，伟人;
💡 worth价值 + y...的→ 有价值的；值得的
"to be worthy of attention"
值得注意
近义：honorable, honourable, merited, notable, respectable, respected
反义：undeserving, undignified, contemptible, despicable, disgraceful
n. 意志;目的;作用;（进行中的）行动;
vt. 有意;打算;企图（做）;决意（做）;
💡 pur始终+pose放→始终放的东西→目的，意图
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我们说的话几乎不起作用,他显然已下定决心了.
近义：intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
adj. 有毛病的，失常的;错误的，不正确的;不好的，不公正的;反对的，相反的，颠倒的，背面的，里面的;
adv. 不对，错误，失当;不好，不公正;逆，颠倒，翻转;有毛病，不舒服;
n. 过失，错误;不义的行为;不义行为;犯罪;
vt. 委屈，无理地对待，诽谤;
💡 勿(w)容(rong)忍 错误的
"I got it wrong. It wasn't the red one but the blue one."
我弄错了。不是红的那个，是蓝的那个。
近义：hurt, injure, insult, mistreat, offend, penalize
反义：heal, mend, rectify, reform, remedy, repair
n. 主意，想法;[哲]理念，观念;[乐]乐句;模糊想法;
💡 dear(亲爱的），你有什么好idea(主意）
"How does the idea of a holiday in Spain grab you?"
你对于到西班牙去度假这个主意感兴趣 吗 ?
近义：intent, knowledge, notion, purpose, think, thought
📜 Helen Keller 的更多名言
"The best and most beautiful things cannot be seen or even heard, they must be felt with the heart."
"I look upon the whole world as my fatherland, and every war has to me the horror of a family fued."