It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

It is more honorable to be raised to a throne than to be born to one. Fortune bestows the one, merit obtains the other.

升为宝座，比生在宝座上更尊贵。福兮福所倚，福兮福所倚。

-- Francesco Petrarca 彼特拉克