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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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If you're a musician or actor, you know that if you're successful, some level of fame goes along with that. You're prepared. But how often does that happen to a programmer?

如果你是一个音乐家或演员，你知道如果你成功了，一定程度的名气也会随之而来。你准备。但是这种情况发生在程序员身上的频率是多少呢?

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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.

我们口袋里的大部分智慧都是为平庸之辈设计的，用来阻止他们做出雄心勃勃的尝试，并在他们平庸之时给予他们普遍的安慰。

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You have to consistently be successful to be one of the top players in the world, and everything is possible in life.

你必须不断取得成功，才能成为世界上最优秀的球员之一，生活中一切皆有可能。

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Nearly every glamorous, wealthy, successful career woman you might envy now started out as some kind of schlep.

几乎每一个你可能会嫉妒的迷人、富有、成功的职业女性，现在都是从某种笨蛋开始的。

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I can't think of anything that I turned down that became big and successful.

我想不出有什么事情是我拒绝了之后变得又大又成功的。

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Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

放弃:平庸的英雄主义。

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