Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

-- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

完美有一个严重的缺点:它容易沉闷。

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There is a serious defect in the thinking of someone who wants - more than anything else - to become rich. As long as they don't have the money, it'll seem like a worthwhile goal. Once they do, they'll understand how important other things are - and have always been.

有些人的想法存在严重缺陷，他们最希望成为富人。只要他们没有钱，这似乎是一个有价值的目标。一旦他们这样做了，他们就会明白其他事情是多么重要——而且一直如此。

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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.

尽管人们倾向于用自己的伟大成就来奉承和抬高自己，但事实上，这些成就往往更多地是由于机遇，而不是计划。

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Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them

不向女人献殷勤的男人很容易成为向他们献殷勤的女人的牺牲品

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Sickness is mankind's greatest defect.

疾病是人类最大的缺陷。

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