I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt to them.

  • -- Conrad Veidt 康拉德·维德特

我对我的艺术没有幻想。我是公众造就我的,因此,我不太可能忘记我欠他们的债。

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One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we've been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. The bamboozle has captured us. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back.

历史上最惨痛的教训之一是:如果我们被愚弄的时间足够长,我们往往会拒绝任何有关这种欺骗的证据。竹竿把我们捉住了。一旦你让一个骗子控制了你,你几乎永远不会再得到它。

What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician' if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public office and trying to do something for his people?

如果一个人把他的一生都奉献给了担任公职,并试图为他的人民做些什么,那么“政治家”这个词本身就有什么问题?

He who desires to worship God must harbor no childish illusions about the matter but bravely renounce his liberty and humanity.

想要敬拜神的人,对这事不可抱幼稚的幻想,而要勇敢地放弃他的自由和人性。

Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence.

不是记忆的能力,恰恰相反,是遗忘的能力,是我们存在的必要条件。

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

宁可为自己写作而没有公众,也不要为公众写作而没有自我。

Well, most grown-ups forget what it was like to be a kid. I vowed that I would never forget.

嗯,大多数成年人都忘记了小时候是什么样子的。我发誓我永远不会忘记。