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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Mediocrity is now, as formerly, dangerous, commonly fatal, to the poet; but among even the successful writers of prose, those who rise sensibly above it are the very rarest exceptions.

对于诗人来说，平庸现在和从前一样，是危险的，通常是致命的;但是，即使是成功的散文作家，那些理智地超越它的人也是非常罕见的例外。

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Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.

幸福必须培养。就像性格一样。这不是一件安全的事情，更不用说片刻，否则它会跑杂草。

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Sometimes I worry about being a success in a mediocre world.

有时我担心在平庸的世界里取得成功。

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