If you must hold yourself up to your children as an object lesson, hold yourself up as a warning and not as an example.

  • -- George Bernard Shaw 萧伯纳

如果你必须向孩子们树立榜样,那就把自己树立为一个警告,而不是榜样。

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The hero is one who kindles a great light in the world, who sets up blazing torches in the dark streets of life for men to see by. The saint is the man who walks through the dark paths of the world, himself a light.

英雄是在世界上点燃一盏明灯的人,他在黑暗的人生道路上支起熊熊燃烧的火把,让人们看得见。圣人是那些走在世界黑暗道路上的人,他自己就是一盏明灯。

Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

有些老人,不断地赞美他们年轻时的时光。事实上,你几乎会认为在他们那个时代没有傻瓜,但不幸的是,他们自己被留作了榜样。