倾听一首忧伤的民谣,或是聆听一个含泪的倾诉,都会使我产生巨大的同情和怜悯。欣赏一幅画和认识一个人有时也是这样。当你一旦被对象征服,对象的一切缺憾与过错就都显得无足轻重了。在这种感情的交融之中,人会完全忘记了作为旁观者的冷静和理智。而时隔不久,当你置身事外,当你从拜倒的虔敬中脱身出来,你突然间发现对方的缺陷竟如此显眼,你甚至会嘲笑自己当初竟然为之倾倒。 Listen to a sad folk, or listen to a tearful talk, will give me great sympathy and compassion. Appreciate a painting and know someone sometimes too. When you are conquered by the object, all the shortcomings and faults of the object are insignificant. In this blend of feelings, one can completely forget the calmness and reason as onlookers. And when it comes to a time later, when you are separated from the piety you are worshiped, you suddenly realize that each other’s flaws are so conspicuous that you may even have ridiculed yourself for having dumped it.