We may seem competent, but by the end of next century there will be new deserts, new ruins.

  • -- Edward Bond 爱德华·邦德

我们似乎有能力,但到下个世纪末,将会有新的沙漠,新的废墟。

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Hardly a competent workman can be found who does not devote a considerable amount of time to studying just how slowly he can work and still convince his employer that he is going at a good pace.

一个称职的工人如果不花大量的时间研究他的工作究竟有多慢,同时又能使他的雇主相信他干得不错,那他是很难找到的。

The competent programmer is fully aware of the limited size of his own skull. He therefore approaches his task with full humility, and avoids clever tricks like the plague.

有能力的程序员充分意识到自己头骨的有限大小。因此,他以充分的谦卑来完成他的任务,并避免像瘟疫一样的聪明的诡计。

The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.

我们从帮忙中获得的快乐部分来自于它给我们的感觉,我们并非一无是处。这对我们来说是一个惊喜。

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.

想要谈论自己,想要表现出那些我们不介意看到的缺点,这构成了我们真诚的很大一部分。