To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.

  • -- Marcus Annaeus Seneca 马库斯·安纳尤斯·塞内卡

能够忍受无聊是那些渴望权力的人学习的第一门艺术。

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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

一个高尚的人用一种高于自己的思想来比较和估计自己;一个卑鄙的人,比他自己还卑鄙。一个产生抱负;另一种野心,是一个庸俗的人所追求的。

To desire is to obtain; to aspire is to achieve.

欲望就是获得;立志就是成就。