Fame, like the river, is narrowest where it is bred, and broadest afar off.

  • -- William Davenant 戴夫南特

名誉如河流,发源地最狭,愈远愈宽广。

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I never dreamt of being a musician for my livelihood. I certainly never would have wanted to be in the business that I'm in, meaning the fame and the glory, the glitter, the rock star, the famous part.

我从未想过要以当音乐家为生。我当然从来没有想过要从事我现在从事的这个行业,这意味着名声和荣耀,闪耀,摇滚明星,著名的部分。

I am an intelligent river which has reflected successively all the banks before which it has flowed by meditating only on the images offered by those changing shores.

我是一条智慧的河流,它只对那些不断变化的海岸所提供的形象进行冥想,从而依次反映出它流经的所有河岸。

If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

如果一个人有良好的性格,还需要什么其他的美德?人若有名声,其馀的妆饰还有什么价值呢?

Don't push the river - it flows by itself.

不要推这条河,它是自己流的。