It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.

  • -- Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森

后代不太可能爱上我们,但也不是不可能尊重或同情我们;所以一个人宁愿留下他的精神画像,也不愿留下他的脸画像。

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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

我想人们不会因为什么而记住我。但我不会用这些术语来思考我的工作。为子孙后代而工作和为金钱而工作一样庸俗。

I sympathize with the zombies and am not even sure they are villains. To me they are this earth-changing thing. God or the devil changed the rules, and dead people are not staying dead.

我同情僵尸,甚至不确定他们是不是坏人。对我来说,它们是改变地球的东西。上帝或魔鬼改变了规则,死去的人不会永远死去。

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

我宁愿看我所认识的狗的画像,也不愿看世界上所有的寓言画。

Chefs, as a whole, say yes to any project, fundraiser, or tasting because they have such a generous spirit.

厨师,作为一个整体,对任何项目,资金筹集,或品尝说“是”,因为他们有这样一个慷慨的精神。

I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.

我想成为一名卡通艺术家、肖像艺术家和插画家。这是我的第一个想法。

The soul, which is spirit, can not dwell in dust; it is carried along to dwell in the blood.

灵魂就是灵,不能住在尘土中。它被带到血液中。

Impossibility is a log thrown on the fires of love.

不可能是扔在爱之火上的一根木头。

To the timid soul, nothing is possible.

对于胆怯的灵魂,没有什么是可能的。