There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

-- Paul Gauguin 保罗·高更

对新鲜平庸的需求总是很大。在每一代人中，最没有教养的人胃口最大。

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There is a sacred horror about everything grand. It is easy to admire mediocrity and hills; but whatever is too lofty, a genius as well as a mountain, an assembly as well as a masterpiece, seen too near, is appalling.

每件大事都有一种神圣的恐怖。人们很容易赞美平庸和山丘;但是，无论什么东西太崇高，一个天才和一座山，一个集会和一个杰作，如果看得太近，都是令人震惊的。

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Not doing more than the average is what keeps the average down.

不做超过平均水平的事情是导致平均水平下降的原因。

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I have cultivated my hysteria with joy and terror.

我因喜悦和恐惧而变得歇斯底里。

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