They that apply themselves to trifling matters commonly become incapable of great ones.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

一心扑在琐事上的人,往往做不成大事。

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Men often become what they believe themselves to be. If i believe i cannot do something, it makes me incapable of doing it. But when i believe i can, then i acquire the ability to do it even if i didn't have it in the beginning.

男人常常成为他们认为自己是什么样的人。如果我认为我不能做某事,它使我不能做它。但是当我相信我能做到的时候,我就获得了做这件事的能力,即使我一开始没有这样的能力。

I suppose if I'd got a brilliant first and done research I might still be a don today, but I hope not. People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life.

我想,如果我先做了一个出色的研究,我今天可能还是个老头子,但我希望不是。人们之所以成为教师,是因为他们在生活中没有能力做任何其他事情。

What matters is that you are doing what you think is right based on the standards which you hold.

重要的是,你所做的是基于你所持有的标准,你认为是正确的。

If it doesn't matter who wins or loses, then why do they keep score?

如果谁赢谁输并不重要,那么他们为什么要记分呢?