What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

表面上的慷慨往往不过是一种伪装的野心,它为了获得一份大的利益而忽视了一份小的利益。

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Much education today is monumentally ineffective. All too often we are giving young people cut flowers when we should be teaching them to grow their own plants.

今天的很多教育都非常低效。我们常常在应该教年轻人自己种花的时候,却给他们插花。

Doing a thing well is often a waste of time.

把事情做好常常是浪费时间。