Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.
我们随身携带的大部分处世格言,都是为平庸者准备的,用来劝阻他们追求远大的目标,并大体上安慰他们安于平庸。
— Robert Louis Stevenson · Virginibus Puerisque, and Other Papers · Crabbed Age and Youth —