But for a few phrases from his letters and an odd line or two of his verse, the poet walks gagged through his own biography.

  • -- John Updike 约翰·厄普代克

但是,从他的信中摘录的几句话和一两行奇怪的诗句中,这位诗人却在自己的传记中感到窒息。

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It is as impossible to translate poetry as it is to translate music.

翻译诗歌和翻译音乐一样是不可能的。

As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

随着文明的进步,诗歌几乎必然会衰落。

Geography is about maps, but biography is about chaps.

地理是关于地图的,而传记是关于人物的。

I had lost faith in biography.

我对传记失去了信心。