Imagine his surprise when he discovered that beyond all these factors, a personal attitude weighed much more heavily in the balance of success: the ability to act on a long-term plan!

想象他的惊讶当他发现超过所有的因素，个人态度在成功的天平中占有更重要的作用：执行长期计划的能力！

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Pearls and pomegranates cannot buy it, nor is it set forth in the marketplace. It may not be purchased of the merchants, nor can it be weighed out in the balance for gold.

用珍珠和石榴都换不来，是市场上买不到的，是从贩子那边购不来的，更无法用黄金来称出它的重量。

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The Southeastern scholars did not go with the tide in the background of the theologization of Confucianism which was seriously criticized by Wang Chong in his Discourses Weighed in the Balance.

在儒学神学化的大背景下，东南的学者并未随波逐流，王充著《论衡》予以尖锐批判，表现出理性主义精神。

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We are being weighed in the balance.

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