Beware of endeavoring to become a great man in a hurry. One such attempt in ten thousand may succeed. These are fearful odds.

  • -- Benjamin Disraeli 本杰明·迪斯雷利

不要急于成为伟人。一万个人中就有一个这样的尝试可能会成功。这些都是可怕的机会。

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The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

试图独自生活的人是不会成功的。他的心若不回答别人的心,就必枯干。如果他只听到自己思想的回声而没有发现其他灵感,他的大脑就会萎缩。

It seems to me that the idea traditionally defended of endeavoring to maintain existing ethnic balances simply doesn't work any more.

在我看来,传统上为维护现有的种族平衡而辩护的想法已经行不通了。

Plans fail for lack of counsel, but with many advisers they succeed.

计划因缺乏建议而失败,但有了许多顾问,计划就成功了。

Beware of the clever ones; the dumb ones are safer.

当心聪明的人;哑巴更安全。

I don't take a lot of notice of odds.

我不太在意几率。

Beware of the person of one book.

要提防同一本书的作者。

Society is at odds with itself.

社会本身就不和谐。