There is not a more repulsive spectacle than on old man who will not forsake the world, which has already forsaken him.

  • -- T. S. Eliot T.S.艾略特

没有比这更令人厌恶的景象出现在一个老人身上,他不愿离开这个已经离开他的世界。

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Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled.

无论谁把自己的信任托付给一个体系,他很快就会无家可归。当你正在建造你的第三层楼时,下面的两层已经拆除了。

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.

每个人都有权利说出他认为是真理的东西,每个人都有权利把他打倒。殉道是一种考验。

The real world was only a dream, only an echo, and in silent moments throughtout the day it would hit me: i am not at home here.

真实的世界只是一个梦,只是一个回声,在一整天的寂静时刻,它会突然袭击我:我不在家。

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

在世界历史的大部分时间里,除了怜悯的苦涩眼泪和愤怒的滚烫眼泪,没有什么别的了。

In places where this beauty has already disappeared, we will reconstruct it.

在这种美已经消失的地方,我们将重建它。

I think an artist's responsibility is more complex than people realize.

我认为艺术家的责任比人们意识到的要复杂得多。

The Rose is without an explanation; She blooms, because She blooms.

玫瑰没有任何解释;她绽放,因为她绽放。

Man cannot aspire if he looked down; if he rise, he must look up.

人如果往下看,就不会有志向;如果他站起来,他必须抬头看。