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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

人们普遍认为，成功使人变得虚荣、自我中心和自满，从而使人堕落，这种观点是错误的;相反，它使他们，在大多数情况下，谦虚，宽容和善良。

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I think our failure in the production of good town churches of distinctive character must have struck you often, as it has me, when contrasted with our comparative success in country churches.

我想，与我们在乡村教会所取得的相对成功相比，我们在建设具有鲜明特色的优秀城镇教会方面的失败，一定经常给你们和我这样的人留下深刻的印象。

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The success of this album is very much in question. Who knows where it's going to go? My being a Spice Girl is no guarantee of anything, although I hope it'll benefit the sales.

这张专辑的成功与否还有待商榷。谁知道它会去哪里?我是辣妹并不能保证什么，尽管我希望这能促进销售。

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What actually makes poetry poetry is of course impossible to define. We recognize it when we hear it, when we see it, but we can't define it.

什么使诗歌成为诗歌当然是无法定义的。当我们听到它，看到它时，我们能认出它，但我们无法定义它。

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A little gall spoils a great deal of honey.

少量的苦胆能坏大量的蜂蜜。

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Vodka spoils everything but the glasses.

除了玻璃杯，伏特加酒什么都坏了。

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