The most insignificant people are the most apt to sneer at others. They are safe from reprisals. And have no hope of rising in their own self esteem but by lowering their neighbors.

  • -- William Hazlitt 威廉·哈兹里特

最微不足道的人最容易嘲笑别人。他们不会受到报复。除了贬低他们的邻居之外,他们没有任何提升自尊的希望。

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You just have to trust your instincts and hope that if someone doesn't like your idea, you can prove them wrong in the final process. In the end, you can please some of the people some of the time, but that's about all you can do.

你只需要相信自己的直觉,并希望如果有人不喜欢你的想法,你可以在最后的过程中证明他们是错的。最后,你可以在某些时候取悦一些人,但这就是你所能做的。

Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.

希望就像太阳,当我们朝着它前进的时候,它把我们重担的影子投在我们身后。

Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

如果不是因为他们无法控制的谈话欲望,许多人会更诚实。

Decent people have too much respect for others to be overachievers.

正派的人对他人太过尊重,不会取得太大的成就。

Health consists of having the same diseases as one's neighbors.

健康包括与邻居患同样的疾病。

A good neighbour is better than a brother far off.

远亲不如近邻。