释义：品德足以使远方的人归附，诚信足以使不同的人团结一致，道义足以使众人归心，才能足以借鉴古人，明智足以洞察下属，这样的人是杰出的人物。这是对杰出人物应具备的品德与才能的描述。 

All our knowledge merely helps us to die a more painful death than the animals that know nothing.

我不明白为什么人们害怕新想法。我害怕的是旧的想法。

Whatever Nature has in store for mankind, unpleasant as it may be, men must accept, for ignorance is never better than knowledge.