Whereas contrariwise,persons of worth and merit are most envied,when their fortune continueth long. For by that time,though their virtue is the same,yet it hath not the same lustre; for fresh men grow up that darken it.

• 但与此相反，品质优秀者则是在他们的好运赓续不断时遭妒最甚，因此时他们的优点虽依然如故，但已不如当初那样耀眼，后起之秀已使其黯然失色。