It is a wretched taste to be gratified with mediocrity when the excellent lies before us.

-- Isaac D'Israeli 艾萨克·迪斯雷利

当优秀的作品摆在我们面前时，满足于平庸是一种令人不快的品味。

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The lies we tell other people are nothing to the lies we tell ourselves.

我们对别人说的谎言和我们对自己说的谎言相比根本不算什么。

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And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.

毕竟，什么是谎言?这不过是假面舞会里的事实。

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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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You always admire what you really don't understand.

你总是欣赏你真正不懂的东西。

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