3、"For although untalented myself, I am honoured by visits from scholars of note from all parts of the empire when they come to the capital."
4、I had done quite poorly in languages in school and believed that I was too untalented and even too 'old' to consider ever speaking a foreign language, even basically.
2、There's a Russian proverb that goes: you must support the most talented people because untalented people will support themselves.
1、The untalented person must have his degeneration, the unfortunate person must have his destiny peak.