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The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic and self-complacent is erroneous; on the contrary it makes them, for the most part, humble, tolerant and kind.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

人们普遍认为，成功使人变得虚荣、自我中心和自满，从而使人堕落，这种观点是错误的;相反，它使他们，在大多数情况下，谦虚，宽容和善良。

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You have a good many little gifts and virtues, but there is no need of parading them, for conceit spoils the finest genius. There is not much danger that real talent or goodness will be overlooked long, and the great charm of all power is modesty.

你有许多小的天赋和美德，但是没有必要炫耀它们，因为自负会毁掉最优秀的天才。真正的才华和善良不会被长期忽视，所有力量的最大魅力在于谦虚。

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If I walk out onstage and I get a warm, excited response, it makes me feel so confident and happy, and then it's so easy for me up there.

如果我走上台，得到一个温暖、兴奋的回应，这让我感到自信和快乐，然后在台上对我来说很容易。

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In the end, glorification of splendid underdogs is nothing other than glorification of the splendid system that makes them so.

最后，对优秀失败者的赞美只不过是对使他们如此的优秀体系的赞美。

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I did envisage being this successful as a player, but not all the hysteria around it off the golf course.

作为一名球员，我确实设想过会取得这样的成功，但并不是在高尔夫球场外所有的歇斯底里。

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All great civilisations, in their early stages, are based on success in war.

所有伟大的文明，在其早期阶段，都是以战争的胜利为基础的。

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Vodka spoils everything but the glasses.

除了玻璃杯，伏特加酒什么都坏了。

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