There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary men by the quantity they do not write.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

在文学上还有一个伟大的发现,那就是按文学工作者不写作的数量支付报酬。

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To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts.

写规则的诗破坏了无数美好的可能性,但同时也暗示了许多遥远的、完全出乎意料的想法。

The greatest discovery of our generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering their attitudes of mind. As you think, so shall you be.

我们这一代人最大的发现是,人类可以通过改变他们的态度来改变他们的生活。你怎么想,你就怎么做。

I had no student friends to talk to about literature. My tutor was a really nice man, very charming - but he had no literary judgment.

我没有学生朋友可以和我谈论文学。我的导师是个很好的人,很有魅力,但是他没有文学鉴赏力。

A leader takes people where they want to go. A great leader takes people where they don't necessarily want to go but ought to be.

领导者带领人们去他们想去的地方。一个伟大的领导者会把人们带到他们不一定想去但应该去的地方。

I write and chop with my left hand and do everything else, including eating with a knife, with my right.

我用左手写字和切东西,其他的都用右手,包括用刀吃饭。

We had avoided discovery by the Sioux scouts, and we were confident of giving them a complete surprise.

我们没有被苏族的巡防队员发现,我们有信心给他们一个彻底的惊喜。

Wouldn't it be great if we could look forward to a whole world in which no child will be left behind?

如果我们能期待一个没有孩子掉队的世界不是很好吗?

Literature is a toil and a snare, a curse that bites deep.

文学是苦役,是陷阱,是深深扎人的诅咒。