Let him neglect the responsibilities of his office, and he will inevitably anchor himself on the chance that the thing left undone may turn out not to be of the supposed importance.
一个人若忽视职务上的责任,就难免把希望寄托于侥幸:也许那件没做的事,最终并没有想象中那么重要。
— George Eliot · Silas Marner · Chapter IX —