有些人天生平庸，有些男人达到平庸，有些男人对他们有平庸的态度。大满贯少校都是三个。即使在缺乏所有区别的男人中，他不可避免地脱颖而出，因为一个人缺乏比其他人更具区别的男人，而且遇见他的人总是对自己的不印象印象深刻。
(Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them. With Major Major it had been all three. Even among men lacking all distinction he inevitably stood out as a man lacking more distinction than all the rest, and people who met him were always impressed by how unimpressive he was.)