Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.

  • -- Lord Chesterfield 切斯特菲尔德勋爵

和你在一起的人似乎是最有学问的人。把你的学习像怀表一样戴在身上,把它藏起来。不要把它拿出来数时间,而是在你被要求的时候给出时间。

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Sometimes I go out disguised, but people still recognize me, so I find there is no point in even trying. It would be nice to get away from it, from time to time, but the fact is, there is no place on earth where I can go unrecognized.

有时候我乔装打扮出去,但是人们还是认出了我,所以我发现即使尝试也没有意义。偶尔远离它是件好事,但事实是,地球上没有一个地方可以让我不被认出来。

The Ninety-Ninety Rule of Project Schedules - the first ninety percent of the task takes ninety percent of the time, and the last ten percent takes the other ninety percent.

项目时间表的九百九十规则——任务的前百分之九十占用百分之九十的时间,后百分之十占用其余百分之九十。