It takes a tree ten years to mature; it takes a man one hundred years to form.

一棵树需要十年才能成熟;一个人需要一百年的时间才能形成。

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The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.

最完美的猿猴也不会画猿猴;只有人类才能做到这一点;但是,同样地,只有男人认为有能力这样做是优越的表现。

I used to distinguish between my fiction and nonfiction in terms of superiority or inferiority.

我过去常常根据自己的优势或劣势来区分小说和非小说。