梦千寻“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
— Mark Twain, Writer
「远离试图贬低你抱负的人，格局小的人总是那么做，但真正伟大的人将让你觉得，你，也能够变得伟大。」– 马克‧吐温 (作家)
keep / stay away from… 是「远离」，如：Stay away from trouble. (不要惹事生非。) belittle (v.) 是「矮化，贬低」，如：We should never belittle others’ efforts. (我们绝不应贬低别人的努力。) ambition (n.) 是「野心，抱负」。
马克‧吐温 (1835-1910) 为美国作家及幽默家，其最有名的著作是 The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (汤姆历险记) 及它的续集 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (顽童历险记)，后者因完美的描述美国文化而被列为 “the Great American Novel”。
