Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.

  • -- William Ewart Gladstone 威廉·尤尔特·格莱斯顿

对于诗人来说,平庸现在和从前一样,是危险的,通常是致命的;但是,即使是成功的散文作家,那些理智地超越它的人也是非常罕见的例外。

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I did not become successful in my work through embracing or engaging in celebrity culture. I never signed away my privacy in exchange for success.

我并不是通过接受或参与名人文化而在工作中取得成功的。我从来没有为了成功而放弃我的隐私。

This work is the result of a meeting of minds from two of the most successful men in their respective fields.

这项工作是两个在各自领域最成功的人共同努力的结果。

When you want to succeed as bad as you want to breathe, then you'll be successful.

当你像渴望呼吸一样渴望成功时,你就会成功。

Virtue is defined to be mediocrity, of which either extreme is vice.

美德被定义为平庸,其中任何一个极端都是罪恶。

Haters will broadcast your failure, but whisper your success.

憎恨你的人会大肆宣扬你的失败,但会小声谈论你的成功。

The present reeks of mediocrity and the atom bomb.

现在充斥着平庸和原子弹的味道。