There is nothing noble in being superior to your fellow men; true nobility lies in being superior to your former self.

  • -- Ernest Hemingway 欧内斯特·海明威

比别人优越并不高贵;真正的高贵在于超越过去的自己。

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People are saying that I'm an alcoholic, and that's not true, because I only drink when I work, and I'm a workaholic.

人们说我是个酒鬼,但事实并非如此,因为我只在工作时喝酒,而且我是个工作狂。

Nobility is a graceful ornament to the civil order. It is the Corinthian capital of polished society.

高贵是文明秩序的优雅点缀。它是科林斯文明社会的首都。

It is not part of a true culture to tame tigers, any more than it is to make sheep ferocious.

驯服老虎不是真正文化的一部分,正如驯服绵羊不是残忍的一样。

He who can take advice is sometimes superior to him who can give it.

能接受忠告的人有时比能提出忠告的人更优秀。