Most do violence to their natural aptitude and bhus attain superiority in nothing Time disillusions us too late of what first flatered the passions.

• 大多数人都扼杀了他们的天资，因而在任何方面都无法达到卓越的地步。等到从最先迎合自己热情的事物所造成的幻梦中醒悟过来，己为时太晚了。