He said that the way of the world is to bloom and to flower and die but in the affairs of men there is no waning and the noon of his expression signals the onset of night. His spirit is exhausted at the peak of its achievement. His meridian is at once his darkening and the evening of his day.

【释义】想要成就一番事业，必须先建立坚定的自信；想要胜过他人，必须先克服自身的缺点与不足。