If we identify ourselves with our grandiosity, things will end badly.

如果我们选择自命不凡这条道路，最后的下场会很差。

In that way, he writes, the empire can give those " who identify ourselves with Britain cause for lament and shame" , but also " cause for admiration and pride" .

他写道，通过这种方式， 帝国可以让那些“认同英国的人感到悲痛和羞愧”，但也“让他们感到钦佩和自豪” 。

When we say, " I am a wife, " or " a mother, " or " a musician, " or " a lawyer, " we're taking one tiny sliver of our memory and identifying ourselves with it.

当我们说，“我是妻子”或“我是母亲”或“我是音乐家”或“我是律师”时，我们是在提取我们的一小部分记忆，并以此来识别我们自己。