From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller.

从赞美中,如同从阴影中,一个人既不高大也不矮小。

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I will give you three days to seek your shadow. Return to me in the course of that time with a well-fitted shadow, and you shall receive a hearty welcome; otherwise, on the fourth day - remember, on the fourth day - my daughter becomes the wife of another.

我给你三天的时间去寻找你的影子。到那个时候,你带着一个合身的影子回到我这儿来,你就会受到热烈的欢迎。否则,在第四天——记住,在第四天——我的女儿成为另一个人的妻子。

It's very easy to say that something is a shadow of itself, and it may be true in some senses.

说某物是它自身的影子是很容易的,在某种意义上它可能是正确的。