There is always a heavy demand for fresh mediocrity. In every generation the least cultivated taste has the largest appetite.

  • -- Paul Gauguin 保罗·高更

对新鲜平庸的需求总是很大。在每一代人中,最没有教养的人胃口最大。

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Most of our pocket wisdom is conceived for the use of mediocre people, to discourage them from ambitious attempts, and generally console them in their mediocrity.

我们口袋里的大部分智慧都是为平庸之辈设计的,用来阻止他们做出雄心勃勃的尝试,并在他们平庸之时给予他们普遍的安慰。

Happiness must be cultivated. It is like character. It is not a thing to be safely let alone for a moment, or it will run to weeds.

幸福必须培养。就像性格一样。这不是一件安全的事情,更不用说片刻,否则它会跑杂草。