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Perseverance, n. A lowly virtue whereby mediocrity achieves an inglorious success.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

毅力:一种卑贱的美德，平庸之辈靠它获得不光彩的成功。

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In this world, there is nothing softer or thinner than water. But to compel the hard and unyielding, it has no equal. That the weak overcomes the strong, that the hard gives way to the gentle -- this everyone knows. Yet no one asks accordingly.

天下莫柔弱于水，而攻坚强者莫之能胜，以其无以易之。弱之胜强，柔之胜刚；天下莫不知，莫能行。

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Falsehood is never so successful as when she baits her hook with truth, and no opinions so fatally mislead us, as those that are not wholly wrong; as no watches so effectually deceive the wearer as those that are sometimes right.

谎言最成功的时候，莫过于它用真理当鱼饵勾住自己的鱼钩;没有比那些有时是正确的手表更能有效地欺骗佩戴者的了。

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As to my success here I cannot say much as yet: the Indians seem generally kind, and well-disposed towards me, and are mostly very attentive to my instructions, and seem willing to be taught further.

至于我在这里的成功，我还不能说得太多:印第安人似乎普遍对我很友好，对我很有好感，对我的指示大都很认真，似乎愿意接受进一步的教育。

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Only mediocrity can be trusted to be always at its best.

只有平庸才能被相信永远处于最佳状态。

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Push on -- keep moving.

继续前进——继续前进。

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