Poetry is finer and more philosophical than history; for poetry expresses the universal, and history only the particular.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

诗歌比历史更优美,更富有哲理;因为诗歌表达的是普遍性,而历史只表达的是特殊性。

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One should write only those books from whose absence one suffers. In short: the ones you want on your own desk.

一个人应该只写那些因缺憾而痛苦的书。简而言之:你想放在自己办公桌上的那些。

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

这里躺着一个名字写在水里的人。