Such discussions help us very little to enjoy what has been well done in art or poetry, to discriminate between what is more and what is less excellent in them, or to use words like beauty, excellence, art, poetry, with a more precise meaning than they would otherwise have.

  • -- Walter Horatio Pater 佩特

这样的讨论对我们欣赏艺术或诗歌的优秀作品帮助甚微,无法区分它们的优劣,也无法使用诸如“美”、“卓越”、“艺术”、“诗歌”等词汇,而这些词汇的含义比它们原本的含义更为精确。

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If you don't use good ingredients, the outcome is never going to be excellent. But if you buy the freshest ingredients that are in season, at their peak, and you cook with them, you can't really go wrong.

如果你不使用好的原料,结果永远不会很好。但如果你买了最新鲜的当季食材,在它们的鼎盛时期,你用它们做菜,你不会真的出错。

I always wondered if I was supposed to be excellent at something or not. I think, because of that, I have a lot of insecurities about myself.

我总是在想我是否应该在某件事上很优秀。我想,正因为如此,我对自己有很多不安全感。

Use what talents you possess; The woods would be very silent if no birds sang there except those that sang best.

运用你所拥有的才能;如果除了歌唱得最好的鸟儿之外,没有鸟儿在树林里歌唱,树林里将会非常寂静。

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

我从来没有过保险;我只是每天都尽力做到最好。

Silver, gold - I don't discriminate! I like sparkly things.

白银,黄金——我不歧视!我喜欢亮闪闪的东西。