It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practising it.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

我们的文化中有一个可悲的事实,诗人写诗或谈论他的艺术比实践它能挣更多的钱。

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Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

这是否意味着我拒绝一切权威?打消念头。在靴子的问题上,我听从制鞋商的权威。

I keep six honest serving men. (They taught me all I know); Their names are What and Why and When and How and Where and Who.

我有六个诚实的仆人。(我所知道的都是他们教给我的);他们的名字是“什么”、“为什么”、“什么时候”、“怎样”、“在哪里”和“谁”。