The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

这个理论似乎是说,只要一个人失败了,他就是上帝的孩子之一,但是一旦他成功了,他就被魔鬼接管了。

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I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.

我,说到我的孩子,当然我希望他们在生活中取得成功,他们必须选择他们想要的工作或职业,我不会试图影响他们。

I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

我想我一直对“闭嘴微笑”理论持怀疑态度。虽然我试过,但我从来没有那么容易吞下那颗药丸。

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

如果你想要成功,你应该开辟新的道路,而不是走已经被接受的成功的老路。

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

对理论的盲目投入不是一种智力上的美德:它是一种智力上的犯罪。