It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

一个人把他所做的事和他可能做的事相比较,这是最令人痛心的。

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Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

可以说,每一种痛苦的一部分都是痛苦的影子或反映:你不仅要受苦,而且必须不断地思考你受苦的事实。我不仅在无尽的悲伤中度过每一天,而且在每一天都想着在悲伤中度过每一天。

Most executives I know are so action-oriented, or action-addicted, that time for reflection is the first casualty of their success.

我认识的大多数高管都非常注重行动,或者对行动上瘾,以至于反思的时间是他们成功的第一个牺牲品。

Work is the true elixir of life. The busiest man is the happiest man.

工作是人生真正的长生不老药。最忙的人是最幸福的人。

A man will turn over half a library to make one book.

一个人要翻半个图书馆才能写一本书。