Men of noble birth, are noted to be envious towards new men, when they rise. For the distance is altered, and it is like a deceit of the eye, that when others come on, they think themselves, go back.

• 出身贵族者在新人晋爵时常生妒意，因为两者之间的差距缩短; 而且这就像是看朱成碧，明明是别人上升，他们却看成是自己下降。