There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

  • -- Victor Hugo 维克多雨果

在这个世纪里只有一个伟人和一件伟大的事情:拿破仑和自由。因为没有伟人,就求他的大。

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Every great man, every successful man, no matter what the field of endeavor, has known the magic that lies in these words: every adversity has the seed of an equivalent or greater benefit.

每一个伟人,每一个成功人士,不管他们从事的是什么行业,都知道这句话的魅力:每一次逆境都孕育着与之等价或更大的利益。

Shortly after I was born he emigrated to Durban, where members of my mother's family had settled at the turn of the century, and the rest of the family followed soon thereafter.

我出生后不久,他就移民到了德班,在世纪之交,我母亲的家族成员在那里定居下来,此后不久,家族的其他成员也相继来到这里。

Instead of sailing off into the sunset, he hopes to sail into the next century.

他希望航行到下一个世纪,而不是驶向夕阳。

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

伟大的人是在他死后让别人感到茫然的人。