How potent is the fancy! People are so impressionable, they can die of imagination.

  • -- Geoffrey Chaucer 杰弗里乔叟

这种幻想是多么有力啊!人是如此易受影响,他们可以死于想象。

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The contemplation of things as they are, without substitution or imposture, without error or confusion, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention.

思考事物的本来面目,没有替代或欺骗,没有错误或困惑,其本身就比整个发明的收获更高贵。

Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.

想象力是通过锻炼而增长的,与人们普遍认为的相反,它在成年人身上比在年轻人身上更有力量。

I have moved to a smaller house in Paris, and I don't fancy having so much staff now.

我已经搬到巴黎的一所小一点的房子里去了,我不喜欢现在有那么多员工。

Everybody wants to be somebody fancy. Even if they're shy.

每个人都想成为大人物。即使他们很害羞。