The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

The purpose of writing is to hold a mirror to nature, but too much today is written from small mirrors in vanity cases.

写作的目的是拿起一面反映自然的镜子，但今天太多的东西都是用小镜子在虚荣的情况下写出来的。

-- John Mason Brown 约翰·梅森·布朗