The best augury of a man's success in his profession is that he thinks it the finest in the world.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

一个人在他的职业上取得成功的最好的预兆是他认为这是世界上最好的。

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I wish to say to you that the life of an enlightened people and a vibrant nation cannot be measured by the life of an individual. A successful person is one who manages to lay down a new stone, a brick that would help firm up his nation's existence.

我想对你们说,一个开明的人民和一个充满活力的国家的生活不能用一个人的生活来衡量。一个成功的人是设法打下一块新石头,一块有助于巩固他的国家存在的砖。

My parents and grandparents have always been engaged in teaching or the medical profession or the priesthood, so I've sort of grown up with a sense of complicity in the lives of other people, so there's no virtue in that; it's the way one is raised.

我的父母和祖父母一直从事教学、医疗或神职工作,所以我在某种程度上是在一种与他人串通一气的感觉中长大的,所以这样做没有任何好处;这是一个人成长的方式。

My father knew the charming side of my mother, and my mother thought that he was attentive and pleasant and was an architect, which was a respectable profession, but I don't think that they actually got to know one another deeply.

我的父亲知道我母亲迷人的一面,我的母亲认为他是专注和愉快的,是一名建筑师,这是一个体面的职业,但我不认为他们真正深入了解对方。

Oldtimers weekends and airplane landings are alike. If you can walk away from them, they're successful.

老年人的周末和飞机着陆是一样的。如果你能远离他们,他们就成功了。