As for all the hills once cultivated by the hoe, you will no longer go there for fear of the briers and thorns; they will become places where cattle are turned loose and where sheep run.

所有用锄刨挖的山地，你因怕荆棘和蒺藜，不敢上那里去。只可成了放牛之处，为羊践踏之地。

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Too many books whose titles are heavy with promise turn out to be all hat and no cattle - not enough take home after you deduct the generalities and exhortations to "focus" and "visualise" your goals.

太多标题严肃并带有承诺的书籍被证明不过是空谈而已——把概论以及使你的目标“清晰”、“具体化”之类的的训词去掉之后，你会发现根本没必要把它们带回家。

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