True merit, like a river, the deeper it is, the less noise it makes.

  • -- Edward F. Halifax 爱德华F.哈利法克斯

真正的美德,就像河流一样,越深,发出的噪音就越小。

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The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.

这个世界认为自己被优越的品德所冒犯,乐于把它降低到自己的水平。

The sufficiency of merit is to know that my merit is not sufficient.

所谓功德的充分性,就是知道我的功德还不够。