The greatest man is he who forms the taste of a nation; the next greatest is he who corrupts it.

  • -- Sir Joshua Reynolds 雷诺兹

最伟大的人是塑造一个民族品味的人;下一个最伟大的是败坏它的人。

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An exact poetic duplication of a man is for the poet a negation of the earth, an impossibility of being, even though his greatest desire is to speak to many men, to unite with them by means of harmonious verses about the truths of the mind or of things.

对诗人来说,对一个人的精确的诗歌复制是对地球的否定,是不可能存在的,尽管他最大的愿望是和许多人交谈,通过和谐的诗句来与他们团结在一起,谈论心灵或事物的真理。

I just have my own taste, and I just try and stick with that. I'm just trying to play as many characters as I can for as long as I have an opportunity to.

我只是有自己的品味,我只是试着坚持下去。只要有机会,我就会尽可能多地扮演角色。

Taste every fruit of every tree in the garden at least once. It is an insult to creation not to experience it fully. Temperance is wickedness.

至少品尝一次花园里每一棵树的果实。不充分体验创造是对创造的侮辱。自我节制是邪恶。

A man's ego is a fragile thing; as fragile as a woman's heart.

一个人的自我是脆弱的;像女人的心一样脆弱。