该句通过比较结构强调不同情境下赞美的深度差异。
Life's path is bumpy and winding. However, no matter how winding life may be, time remains straight and is fair to everyone.
"Praising in absence" and "Giving in small measures": Praising someone to their face is not as profound as praising them behind their back; giving a little is often more effective than giving too much.
When you do something right, people often do not mention it; but when you do something wrong, people often never forget it.
Very few things are truly impossible. If something is not accomplished, it is often due to a lack of determination rather than a lack of conditions.
One can practice self-restraint in desires, but cannot live without them. One should regulate desires rather than eliminate them, and control desires rather than suppressing emotions; desire is the fulfillment of emotion, and the capacity for desire is itself a sign of health.
Things from which you learn are called training; things from which you learn nothing are called tempering.
人生的道路是坎坷且曲折的。但无论人生如何坎坷，时间始终是笔直的，且对每个人都是公平的。
"背而誉之"和"少而施之"：面而誉之，不如背而誉之，其人之感必深。多而施之，不若少而施之，其人之欲易逆。
当你做对事情时，人们往往不会提起；但当你做错事情时，人们却往往难以忘怀。
很少有事情是真正做不成。如果事情没办成，与其说是条件不足，倒不如说是决心不够。
人可以节欲，但不能无欲。应是节制欲望而非消除欲望，克制欲望而非压抑情感；欲望是情感的实现，它本身也是健康的一种标志。
能学到东西的事情是锻炼，学不到东西的事情则是磨练。
"Filial piety lies in sincerity not in outward show"
"Treat everyone sincerely and warmly to attract respect and friendship."
"Be true to yourself, and you will not deceive others."
"The most precious thing in the world is sincerity."
"When interacting with strangers, one should be serious and sincere rather than casual."