1/10/2014

「不是因為事情困難,而讓我們不敢做;是因為我們不敢做,事情才變得困難。」“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”

“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
– Lucius Annaeus Seneca, Philosopher

「不是因為事情困難,而讓我們不敢做;是因為我們不敢做,事情才變得困難。」– 塞內卡 (哲學家)
dare (v.) 膽敢,敢於。例:Bill wanted to ask Mary out, but he didn’t dare. (比爾想約瑪莉出去,但他不敢。)
塞內卡 (4 B.C. – 65) 是古羅馬時代著名斯多亞學派哲學家、政治家及劇作家,曾任尼祿皇帝的導師及顧問。

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