It is not the greatness of a man's means that makes him independent, so much as the smallness of his wants.

-- William Cobbett 威廉·科贝特

使一个人独立的，与其说是他的经济条件好，不如说是他的需要少。

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A man should be respected more for what he has made of himself than for what he is.

一个人应该被尊重更多的是他对自己的成就，而不是他的本来面目。

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Smallness in a great man seems smaller by its disproportion with all the rest.

伟人的渺小与其他所有人的不相称，使其显得渺小。

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The only greatness for man is immortality.

人类唯一的伟大是不朽。

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