I have insisted to him on what Aristotle has stated with admirable brevity, that for the achievement of any work regarded as an end there must be a prior exercise of many energies or acquired facilities of a secondary order, demanding patience.

我一直向他强调亚里士多德用令人钦佩的简洁表述的内容，即要完成任何被视为目的的工作，必须事先运用许多能量或获得次要的便利，这需要耐心。