To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.

  • -- Walt Whitman 沃尔特惠特曼

对于人类真正的艺术家来说,所谓的不礼貌往往是最生动和最重要的。

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It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility.

值得怀疑的是,人类是否最感激那些像培根和巴特勒那样从文学宝库中挖掘黄金的人,还是最感激那些像佩利那样净化它、盖章、确定它的真正价值并赋予它货币和效用的人。

My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon.

我的生活就是一个不断实现梦想的过程。似乎每次我看到和做的每件事都有一个新的,也许更重要的意义,每次我看到它。地球是好的。生活在其中是一种特权。

True stability results when presumed order and presumed disorder are balanced. A truly stable system expects the unexpected, is prepared to be disrupted, waits to be transformed.

当假定的秩序和假定的混乱达到平衡时,才会产生真正的稳定。一个真正稳定的系统期待着意想不到的事情,准备着被打破,等待着被改变。

When I took office, only high energy physicists had ever heard of what is called the Worldwide Web... Now even my cat has its own page.

当我就职时,只有高能物理学家听说过所谓的万维网……现在连我的猫都有自己的页面了。

A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.

一个人可能并不总是他看起来的样子,但他看起来的样子总是他的重要组成部分。

Every once in a while I feel the tremendous force of the novel. But it does not stay with me.

每隔一段时间,我就能感受到这部小说的巨大力量。但它并没有伴随我。

In short, not only are things not what they seem, they are not even what they are called!

简而言之,事物不仅不像它们看起来的那样,甚至不像它们的名字!

Friends and good manners will carry you where money won't go.

朋友和良好的礼貌会把你带到金钱无法到达的地方。

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。

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

图画不能画得太生动。

Beware of a man with manners.

注意有礼貌的人。