No story is the same to us after a lapse of time or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.
The actions of men are the best interpreters of their thoughts.
The best interpreter of the law is custom.
I have always thought the actions of men the best interpreters of their thoughts.
Every great architect is - necessarily - a great poet. He must be a great original interpreter of his time his day his age.
Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults in a child's eyes is that the child is usually looking upwards and few faces are at their best when seen from below.