A child of eight is many-sided. By eighteen most of his auspicious angles have been polished away; he is standardised; transformed, perhaps into the perfect citizen. Your perfect citizen may be a fine fellow, but he is not the perfect man.

  • -- Norman Douglas 诺曼·道格拉斯

八岁的孩子是多方面的。到十八岁的时候,他的大部分吉祥的棱角都被磨掉了;他是标准化;变成了一个完美的公民。你的完美公民也许是个好人,但他不是完美的人。