We are motivated by a keen desire for praise, and the better a man is the more he is inspired by glory. The very philosophers themselves, even in those books which they write in contempt of glory, inscribe their names.

  • -- Marcus Tullius Cicero 西塞罗

我们被强烈的赞美欲望所激励,一个人越优秀,他就越会受到荣誉的激励。就是哲学家自己,甚至在他们藐视荣耀所写的书上,也写上了他们的名字。

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Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.

我们所看见的,不是极近处的一个小斑点,能涂抹世界的荣耀,只留下我们看见那斑点的余地吗?我不知道有什么比自我更麻烦的了。

I had no desire to be a chef, but I had a desire to be someone who was heard.

我并不想成为一名厨师,但我想成为一个被倾听的人。

Praise us as we are tasted, allow us as we prove.

当我们品尝时赞美我们,当我们证明时允许我们。

The paths of glory lead but to the grave.

光荣的道路只通向坟墓。