Early in life I had to choose between honest arrogance and hypocritical humility. I chose honest arrogance and have seen no occasion to change.

  • -- Frank Lloyd Wright 弗兰克·劳埃德·赖特

早年,我不得不在诚实的傲慢和虚伪的谦逊之间做出选择。我选择了诚实的傲慢,并没有看到任何改变的机会。

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When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

当人们最确定和傲慢的时候,他们往往是最错误的,没有经过适当的深思熟虑就对激情发表看法,而只有深思熟虑才能使他们避免最荒唐的事情。

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

如果你的理智是谦逊的,它就会焕发出双倍的光彩。一个能干而谦虚的人是一颗宝石,价值连城。

When anyone remains modest, not after praise but after blame, then his modesty is real.

当一个人保持谦虚,不是在表扬之后,而是在责备之后,那么他的谦虚是真实的。

The weed of arrogance grows on a dunghill.

傲慢的杂草长在粪堆上。