Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented,' changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.

已经拥有许多而想拥有更多的人，其失意感耍大于一无所有而只想拥有一点点的人。另外，只缺一样东西的人也会比缺很多东西的人更不满。

美国是唯一一个直接从野蛮进入颓废、中间没有经过文明阶段的社会。