It is not likely that posterity will fall in love with us, but not impossible that it may respect or sympathize; so a man would rather leave behind him the portrait of his spirit than a portrait of his face.

  • -- Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森

后代不太可能爱上我们,但也不是不可能尊重或同情我们;所以一个人宁愿留下他的精神画像,也不愿留下他的脸画像。

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I sympathize with the zombies and am not even sure they are villains. To me they are this earth-changing thing. God or the devil changed the rules, and dead people are not staying dead.

我同情僵尸,甚至不确定他们是不是坏人。对我来说,它们是改变地球的东西。上帝或魔鬼改变了规则,死去的人不会永远死去。

I had rather see the portrait of a dog that I know, than all the allegorical paintings they can show me in the world.

我宁愿看我所认识的狗的画像,也不愿看世界上所有的寓言画。

Whoever happens to give birth to mischievous children lives always with unending grief in his spirit and heart.

无论谁生了调皮的孩子,他的精神和心灵总是充满无尽的悲伤。

I wanted to become a cartoon artist, a portrait artist, and an illustrator. This was my first idea.

我想成为一名卡通艺术家、肖像艺术家和插画家。这是我的第一个想法。

After being Turned Down by numerous Publishers, he had decided to write for Posterity.

在被众多出版商拒绝后,他决定为子孙后代写作。

Impossibility is a log thrown on the fires of love.

不可能是扔在爱之火上的一根木头。

The core of mans spirit comes from new experiences.

人的精神的核心来自于新的经历。

The function of posterity is to look after itself.

后代的功能是照顾自己。

To the timid soul, nothing is possible.

对于胆怯的灵魂,没有什么是可能的。