Mediocre men work at their best; men seeking excellence strive to do better.

  • -- Edwin Louis Cole 埃德温·路易斯·科尔

平庸的人工作效率最高;追求卓越的人努力做得更好。

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To sit alone in the lamplight with a book spread out before you, and hold intimate converse with men of unseen generations - such is a pleasure beyond compare.

独自坐在灯光下,面前摊着一本书,与几代人亲密交谈——这是无与伦比的乐趣。

Literature is an avenue to glory, ever open for those ingenious men who are deprived of honours or of wealth.

文学是通向光荣的道路,永远为那些没有荣誉和财富的天才们敞开着。

I studied voice for about two years with an amazing coach, and I never rose above the level of mediocre.

我跟随一位出色的教练学习了两年的声乐,但我从来没有超越过平庸的水平。

I was just a cheap little starlet hardly acting at all in a very mediocre film.

我只是一个廉价的小明星,几乎没有在一部平庸的电影中表演。