The greatest mistake is trying to be more agreeable than you can be.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

最大的错误是试图变得比你能做到的更讨人喜欢。

相关名言

Continuous eloquence wearies. Grandeur must be abandoned to be appreciated. Continuity in everything is unpleasant. Cold is agreeable, that we may get warm.

连续的口才的疲倦。要欣赏伟大,就必须抛弃它。任何事情的连续性都是令人不快的。冷是适宜的,这样我们就可以暖和起来。

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

文学是忽视生活最令人愉快的方式。