"A rose, by any other name would smell as sweet" is a quote from Shakespeare play "Romeo and Juliet", which applies to the everyday life of all humans. This quote suggests that a name is just a label to distinguish one thing from another. Humans understand their world by categorizing similar things into groups and labeling them. The name really has no worth nor does the label have any meaning. The importance of a person or thing is the way it is; not because of what it is called.
- From online with editing
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There was a post in 笑壇 yesterday with a short vedio, shot in Romeo and Juliet's "hometown" (Italian city of Verona, per the legend), as attached below.
Under the post, one person commented about memory of his high school and good old hometown time, which triggered me thinking of this fitting quote from the same play.
I truly don't know how to translate the clever words of the Bard, but I know each and everyone of us all have nice (or not so nice 
) memories of the past. Be it Verona or Beijing, be it "Romeo & Juliet" or 西島, we all are humans and are all of "a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet".
Cheers and have a wonderful long weekend!
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The post from 笑壇 (If interested, you can click and check out )
• 羅密歐與朱麗葉的故鄉 - 久經沙場的槍 - 
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• Verona? 2019年秋天在那裏呆過3天，美麗的城市（那裏也有一個很大的coliseum) - 最西邊的島上 - (0 bytes) (1 reads) 08/30/2025 15:02:09
• 把音樂換成【劉海砍樵】，把人換成少年的俺和小夥伴們，就是俺的高中校園。 - 納蘭性空 - (210 bytes) (17 reads) 08/30/2025 15:35:01
• That which we call aRose By any otherWord wouldSmell asSweet - 最西邊的島上 - (0 bytes) (4 reads) 08/30/2025 15:43:51
• 這是莎翁此劇裏的原話，覺得合您跟帖意思（隻是我沒能力翻譯莎翁）。。。 - 最西邊的島上 - (0 bytes) (2 reads) 08/30/2025 15:46:29
• 就看腿了 - jianchi9090 - (0 bytes) (4 reads) 08/30/2025 15:53:26
• 落地提琴 - 阿尤 - (0 bytes) (3 reads) 08/30/2025 15:59:51
• 歐洲人日子真悠閑！羨慕 - 偶爾掉鏈子 - (0 bytes) (3 reads) 08/30/2025 16:40:19
• 我想到的國內也應該搞個“梁祝書院“並且邀請上海交響樂團在重要的節假日表演，平常時間交給附近中學交響樂團串演。。 - 小二哥李白 - (0 bytes) (4 reads) 08/30/2025 16:44:10
• 突然想起以前在新浪上讀過一篇 “小提琴協奏曲《梁祝》：經典背後（作曲者之一陳剛）催人淚下的故事”： - 最西邊的島上 - (248 bytes) (43 reads) 08/30/2025 17:10:39 (3)
• 然後催生另一個產業集群，比如賣蝴蝶等 - 阿尤 - (0 bytes) (1 reads) 08/30/2025 19:58:51
• 像帽子一樣戴在頭上的那種，忽閃忽閃的，有藍色的有粉色的 - 500miles - (0 bytes) (0 reads) 08/31/2025 09:46:13
