Insist on yourself; never imitate.

Your own gift you can present every moment

with the cumulative force of a whole life's cultivation;

but of the adopted talent of another you have

only an extemporaneous half possession.

坚持自己，决不要模仿。

你自己的天赋可以随时以自己毕生积累的素质修养来展示；

但模仿他人的才华，

你只能暂时地、部分地占用。