When I have written a phrase which undoubtedly embodies a happy turn of thought, I find it dressed up in feeble commonplace; and when the style is good, it serves only to conceal the baldness of superannuated fancies.
当我写了一个无疑体现了一种愉快的思想变的短语时,我发现它披上了无力的平庸;当风格很好时,它只会掩盖陈旧幻想的秃头。