The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.

The Renaissance of the fifteenth century was, in many things, great rather by what it designed then by what it achieved.

在许多方面，十五世纪的文艺复兴之所以伟大，与其说是由于它所设计的，不如说是由于它所取得的成就。

-- Walter Horatio Pater 佩特