Mediocrity doesn't mean average intelligence, it means an average intelligence that resents and envies its betters.

  • -- Ayn Rand 艾恩·兰德

平庸并不意味着平均智力,它意味着憎恨和嫉妒比自己优秀的人的平均智力。

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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.

我们口袋里的大部分智慧都是为平庸之辈设计的,用来阻止他们做出雄心勃勃的尝试,并在他们平庸之时给予他们普遍的安慰。

Envy, like the worm, never runs but to the fairest fruit; like a cunning bloodhound, it singles out the fattest deer in the flock.

嫉妒像虫子一样,只会爬向最美丽的果实;就像一只狡猾的侦探犬,它把羊群中最肥的鹿挑出来。

Mediocrity can talk, but it is for genius to observe.

平庸会说话,但只有天才才会观察。

Envy is its own torturer.

嫉妒是它自己的折磨者。