All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.

All human excellence is but comparative. There may be persons who excel us, as much as we fancy we excel the meanest.

所有人类的优秀都是比较的。也许有些人比我们优秀，就像我们认为自己比最卑鄙的人优秀一样。

-- Samuel Richardson 塞缪尔·理查森