The author himself is the best judge of his own performance; none has so deeply meditated on the subject; none is so sincerely interested in the event.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

作者自己是对自己作品的最佳评判者;没有人对这个问题进行过如此深刻的思考;没有人对这一事件如此真诚地感兴趣。

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I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes you feel like I've really shared something of myself.

我用很多不同的颜色唱歌,希望这些颜色加起来能成为一场精彩的演出,在你离开剧院后,让你觉得我真的分享了自己的一些东西。

I don't see how they can with most of my pieces, but I think it's unfortunate that they can through familiarity with flashy performances of a great deal of other music.

我不知道他们怎么能与我的大多数作品,但我认为这是不幸的,他们可以通过熟悉大量其他音乐华丽的表演。

Though by whim, envy, or resentment led, they damn those authors whom they never read.

虽然由于一时的心血来潮、嫉妒或怨恨,他们谴责那些他们从未读过的作家。

The Atomic Age is here to stay - but are we?

原子时代将会继续存在——但我们会吗?