Do you wish to be great? Then begin by being. Do you desire to construct a vast and lofty fabric? Think first about the foundations of humility. The higher your structure is to be, the deeper must be its foundation.

  • -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁

你想变得伟大吗?然后从存在开始。你想要建造一个巨大而崇高的结构吗?首先想想谦逊的基础。你的结构越高,它的基础就必须越深。

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The desire to fly is an idea handed down to us by our ancestors who... looked enviously on the birds soaring freely through space... on the infinite highway of the air.

想要飞翔的想法是我们的祖先传给我们的,他们……羡慕地看着鸟儿在太空中自由翱翔……在无限的空中高速公路上。

What then is time? If no one asks me, I know what it is. If I wish to explain it to him who asks, I do not know.

那么时间是什么呢?如果没有人问我,我知道那是什么。如果我想向问我的人解释,我不知道。

Pity the meek, for they shall inherit the earth.

可怜谦卑人,因为他们必承受地土。

I am no more humble than my talents require.

我并不比我的才能所要求的更谦卑。

When sages commend excess, Desire is sick.

当圣人赞扬过分时,欲望是病态的。

I wish I could do an entire spa day.

我希望我能做一整天的水疗。