Auden said poetry makes nothing happen. But I wonder if the opposite could be true. It could make something happen.

  • -- Carol Ann Duffy 卡罗尔·安·达菲

奥登说,诗歌使什么都不会发生。但我想知道,情况是否可能正好相反。它能让一些事情发生。

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We never fully grasp the import of any true statement until we have a clear notion of what the opposite untrue statement would be.

在我们对相反的不真实陈述有一个清晰的概念之前,我们永远不会完全理解任何真实陈述的含义。

If something's bound to happen, it will happen. Right time, right person, and for the best reason.

如果某事注定要发生,它就一定会发生。对的时间,对的人,最好的理由。

To play for your country is the best thing that can happen.

为国家效力是最好的事情。

The opposite of anger is not calmness, its empathy.

愤怒的对立面不是平静,而是同情。