誉不虚出,而患不独生。
荣誉不能凭空得来,祸患发生也有原因。
The opinions of the wise are alike, but fools have their own way.
通常,这是证明目的的手段:目标前进的技巧,即使目标结构崩溃,技巧也能生存。
Not necessarily your mother, or indeed mine, but, as it were, the ideal mother, somebody who doesn't care about your achievements. Unfortunately, most people are not our mothers. Most people make a strict correlation between how much time, and if you like, love -- not romantic love, though that may be something -- but love in general, respect --they are willing to accord us, that will be strictly defined by our position in the social hierarchy.