What I aspired to be and was not, comforts me.

  • -- Joyce Carol Oates 乔伊斯·卡罗尔·欧茨

我渴望成为而不是成为的东西安慰着我。

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A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

一个高尚的人用一种高于自己的思想来比较和估计自己;一个卑鄙的人,比他自己还卑鄙。一个产生抱负;另一种野心,是一个庸俗的人所追求的。

If you aspire to the highest place, it is no disgrace to stop at the second, or even the third, place.

如果你追求最高的位置,停在第二名甚至第三名都不是什么丢脸的事。