彼得拉克庆祝他们征服财富并登上顶峰的伟大成就。这就是尼科诺·马基雅维利所颠覆的传记传统。

Petrarch celebrated their greatness in conquering fortune and rising to the top. This was the biographical tradition which Niccolò Machiavelli turned on its head.

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但是，克尼维尔先生却一直坚持到了1981年，因为他的真正才能是玩转那些疯狂的梦想。

But it lasted as long as it did, until 1981, because Mr Knievel's true talent was to spin crazy dreams.

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卢多·维克希尼，她不认识他，可却觉得她早就认识他了，或者换句话说，她一直在等着他。

Ludovic Seeley: she did not know who he was, and yet she felt she knew him, or had been waiting for him.

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