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The praise of ancient authors proceeds not from the reverence of the dead, but from the competition and mutual envy of the living.

  • -- Thomas Hobbes 托马斯·霍布斯

古代作家的赞美不是来自对死者的崇敬，而是来自对生者的竞争和相互嫉妒。

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It has meant a lot to me to challenge the best players in the world and to beat them. And it means a lot to me to be out here and fighting for the title and, you know, it hurts not to win it.

挑战世界上最好的球员并打败他们对我来说意义重大。对我来说，能站在这里为冠军而战意义重大，你知道，不能赢得冠军让我很伤心。

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After all manner of professors have done their best for us, the place we are to get knowledge is in books. The true university of these days is a collection of books.

在所有的教授都为我们尽了最大的努力之后，我们获得知识的地方就是书本。当今真正的大学是一所藏书的大学。

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Entrepreneurs are great at dealing with uncertainty and also very good at minimizing risk. That's the classic great entrepreneur.

企业家善于处理不确定性，也善于将风险最小化。这就是典型的伟大企业家。

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Nothing is more effective than sincere, accurate praise, and nothing is more lame than a cookie-cutter compliment.

没有什么比真诚、准确的赞美更有效，也没有什么比千篇一律的赞美更没有说服力。

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Youth is a time when we find the books we give up but do not get over.

青春是这样一段时光:我们发现自己放弃了一些书，但却无法释怀。

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If you are going to remake a film, you may as well remake a classic.

如果你要重拍一部电影，不妨重拍一部经典之作。

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An envious man waxes lean with the fatness of his neighbour.

嫉妒人的，因邻舍的肥胖，身体消瘦。

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One should use praise to recognize what one is not.

一个人应该用赞美来认识自己不是什么。

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Everyone likes a bit of competition.

每个人都喜欢竞争。

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Envy was never a good spokesman.

嫉妒从来都不是一个好的代言人。

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