When an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate them by his best.

When an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate them by his best.

当一个作家还活着的时候，我们通过他最差的作品来评价他的力量;当他死后，我们用他最好的方式来评价他。

-- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊