Many a time a man cannot be such as he would be, if circumstances do not admit of it.

  • -- Jean Baptiste Racine 让·巴普蒂斯特·拉辛

许多时候,如果环境不允许,一个人不可能成为他想成为的那种人。

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Humility is not my forte, and whenever I dwell for any length of time on my own shortcomings, they gradually begin to seem mild, harmless, rather engaging little things, not at all like the staring defects in other people's characters.

谦逊不是我的长处,每当我长时间地思考自己的缺点时,这些缺点就会慢慢地变得温和、无害,而不再像别人性格中那些明显的缺点那样引人入胜。

For the first time in my life, I'm proud of myself.

我有生以来第一次为自己感到骄傲。