Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either.

  • -- Sidonie-Gabrielle Colette 科莱特

真诚不是一朵自发的花,谦虚也不是。

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There are two men in Tolstoy. He is a mystic and he is also a realist. He is addicted to the practice of a pietism that for all its sincerity is nothing if not vague and sentimental; and he is the most acute and dispassionate of observers, the most profound and earnest student of character and emotion.

托尔斯泰有两个人。他是一个神秘主义者,也是一个现实主义者。他沉迷于一种虔诚的做法,尽管它的真诚是模糊的和感性的;他是最敏锐和冷静的观察者,最深刻和认真的性格和情感的学生。

With sincere modesty, if there is such a thing, I have never thought of legacy at all. I am always grateful if people like what I have done. A legacy is something no one can forsee.

以真诚的谦虚,如果有这样的事情,我从来没有想过遗产。如果人们喜欢我所做的一切,我总是心存感激。遗产是没有人能预见的。

Men are convinced of your arguments, your sincerity, and the seriousness of your efforts only by your death.

只有你的死,人们才会相信你的论点、你的真诚和你努力的严重性。

No truly great person ever thought themselves so.

真正伟大的人从来没有这样想过。

When the flower blooms the bees come uninvited.

花朵绽放时,蜜蜂不请自来。

I'm very romantic. I've emptied flower shops.

我很浪漫。我清空了花店。