There is sometimes a peculiar confusion in the West that equates progress to whatever is recent or whatever is new, and it is time we understood that progress has nothing to do with the chronology of an idea.

  • -- Barbara Amiel 艾米尔

在西方,有时会有一种特殊的困惑,把进步等同于最近的或新的东西,现在是时候让我们明白,进步与思想的年代无关。

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I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers.

我很少思考自己的局限性,它们也从不让我感到悲伤。也许只是偶尔的一抹思念;但它是模糊的,像花丛中的微风。

I feel very comfortable with the way I look, and I feel very comfortable with the kind of confusion that it creates in people's minds.

我对自己的外表很满意,对它在人们心中造成的困惑也很满意。

I mean, y'know, platinum is different in every country, which can be confusing.

我的意思是,你知道,白金在每个国家都是不同的,这可能会令人困惑。

In time we hate that which we often fear.

时间一长,我们就讨厌我们经常害怕的东西。