There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things.

  • -- Niccolò Machiavelli 尼科尔·马基雅维利

没有什么比带头开创新秩序更困难,更危险,更不确定其成功的了。

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At midlife, I think a woman has more in common with her teenage children than anybody else. We all are kind of uncertain. We realize for the first time in either our lives or decades that we're in charge now.

在中年,我认为一个女人和她十几岁的孩子比任何人都有更多的共同点。我们都有点不确定。我们有生以来或几十年来第一次意识到,我们现在掌握着主动权。

Sequels are very rarely a good idea, and in any case, the success of the book changed my relationship with the club in some ways.

续集很少是一个好主意,无论如何,这本书的成功在某种程度上改变了我与俱乐部的关系。

To act coolly, intelligently and prudently in perilous circumstances is the test of a man - and also a nation.

在危险的环境中保持冷静、明智和谨慎是对一个人,也是对一个国家的考验。

I think what's known about neurology is still scattered and uncertain.

我认为对神经学的了解仍然是分散和不确定的。

A strength to harm is perilous in the hand of an ambitious head.

有野心的人手握伤害的力量是危险的。

Every failure brings with it the seed of an equivalent success.

每一次失败都伴随着成功的种子。