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Competition is always a good thing. It forces us to do our best. A monopoly renders people complacent and satisfied with mediocrity.

  • -- Nancy Pearcey 佩尔斯

竞争总是一件好事。它迫使我们做到最好。垄断使人们自满，满足于平庸。

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There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.

每件大事都有一种神圣的恐怖。人们很容易赞美平庸和山丘;但是，无论什么东西太崇高，一个天才和一座山，一个集会和一个杰作，如果看得太近，都是令人震惊的。

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If man limits himself to a satisfied animal existence, and asks from life only what such an existence can give, the higher values of life at once disappear.

如果人把自己局限于一种满足的动物的存在，而只从生活中问这种存在能给予什么，那么更高的生活价值就会立刻消失。

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Restlessness is discontent and discontent is the first necessity of progress. Show me a thoroughly satisfied man and I will show you a failure.

不安是不满，不满是进步的第一需要。给我一个完全满意的人，我就给你一个失败的人。

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It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

当优秀的作品摆在我们面前时，满足于平庸是一种令人不快的品味。

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