Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have.

  • -- Walter Horatio Pater 佩特

这样的讨论对我们欣赏艺术或诗歌的优秀作品帮助甚微,无法区分它们的优劣,也无法使用诸如“美”、“卓越”、“艺术”、“诗歌”等词汇,而这些词汇的含义比它们原本的含义更为精确。

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You can become an even more excellent person by constantly setting higher and higher standards for yourself and then by doing everything possible to live up to those standards.

你可以通过不断地为自己设定越来越高的标准,然后尽一切可能达到这些标准,从而成为一个更加优秀的人。

He is happy whom circumstances suit his temper; but he Is more excellent who suits his temper to any circumstance.

环境适合他的性情,他就快乐;但能让自己的脾气适应任何环境的人更优秀。

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

健康是最大的礼物,满足是最大的财富,忠诚是最好的关系。

Power always thinks it has a great soul and vast views beyond the comprehension of the weak.

权力总是认为自己有一个伟大的灵魂和广阔的视野,超出了弱者的理解。

I try not to discriminate against genres.

我尽量不歧视体裁。