Greatness. It’s just something we made up. Somehow we’ve come to believe that greatness is a gift, reserved for a chosen few -for prodigies, for superstars -and the rest of us can only stand by watching. You can forget that. Greatness is not some rare DNA strand. It’s not some precious thing. Greatness is no more unique to us than breathing. We’re all capable of it, all of us.
从翻译的角度来看，这类句型有一个很重要的特点，就是than 后面的从句在形式上是肯定的，在意义上是否定的; 表面上表示不同等的比较，实质上则是表示等同关系。如：
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He is no more your friend than I am your mother.
他不是你的朋友，就像我不是你的母亲一样。
He is no more a god than we are.
他和我们一样，也不是神。
You are no more a vampire than I am.
A whale is no more a fish than a horse is.
He is no more fit to be a minister than a school boy would be.
他不适合当局长，就像一个小学生不适于当部长一样。