It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job othe than at one's best ability.

  • -- Louis Francis Albert Victor Nicholas George Mountbatten 路易斯·弗朗西斯·阿尔伯特·维克多·尼古拉斯·乔治·蒙巴顿

我父亲和我从来没有想过要尽自己最大的能力去做一件事。

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Who is there that ever receives a gift and tries to make bargains about it? Let us, then, return thanks for what He has bestowed on us. Who can tell whether, if we had had a larger share of ability or stronger health, we should not have possessed them to our destruction.

谁会收到礼物后还想讨价还价呢?那么,让我们感谢上帝赐予我们的一切。谁能说得清,如果我们有更多的能力或更强的健康,我们是否不应该拥有他们,我们的毁灭。

With the beginning of life, comes the thirst for truth, whereas the ability to lie is gradually acquired in the process of trying to stay alive.

随着生命的开始,对真理的渴望就来了,而说谎的能力是在试图生存的过程中逐渐获得的。