Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.

Examples would indeed be excellent things were not people so modest that none will set, and so vain that none will follow them.

如果人们不是谦虚到没有人愿意树立榜样，不是虚荣到没有人愿意追随他们，事情就会变得很好。

-- Augustus Hare 野兔奥古斯都