I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.

-- William Butler Yeats 叶芝

我认为在这样的时刻，诗人最好保持沉默，因为事实上我们没有能力纠正政治家的错误。

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We are all the foolishness and all the crimes we did. We're also all the kindnesses we did. I hate to think of life as if we understood time. We don't understand time.

我们都是愚蠢的，我们都是罪恶的。我们也是所有我们做过的善事。我讨厌把生活想成我们懂得时间。我们不懂时间。

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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

保持的性格和改进的能力，综合起来，将是我作为一个政治家的标准。

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My heart is in a world of water and crystal, My clothes are damp in this time of spring rains.

我的心是在一个水和水晶的世界里，我的衣服在这个春雨的时候是潮湿的。

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The first requirement of a statesman is that he be dull.

政治家的首要条件是要有头脑。

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