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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In things to be seen at once, much variety makes confusion, another vice of beauty. In things that are not seen at once, and have no respect one to another, great variety is commendable, provided this variety transgress not the rules of optics and geometry.

在马上要看到的事物中,多样性使混乱成为美的另一种恶习。在那些看不见的、彼此不尊重的事物中,巨大的变化是值得称赞的,只要这种变化不违反光学和几何学的规则。

I get reminded a lot of the time that my life is a little bit different, but I'm just trying to keep it as regular as possible because I like it that way.

很多时候,我被提醒我的生活有点不同,但我只是尽量让它保持规律,因为我喜欢这样。

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。

The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all of the time.

幸福婚姻的秘诀是找到合适的人。如果你一直喜欢和他们在一起,你就知道他们是对的。