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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Literature is without proofs. By which it must be understood that it cannot prove, not only what it says, but even that it is worth the trouble of saying it.

文学没有证据。因此,我们必须明白,它不仅不能证明它说了什么,甚至不能证明它值得说出来。

Physicians of the Utmost Fame were called at once, but when they came they answered, as they took their fees, 'There is no cure for this disease.'

他们立刻请了最有名的医生来,但他们来了,一面收费,一面说:“这种病没有医治的办法。”

When people come to Jamaica, we don't want them to think about the problems of Jamaica. So let them come be in their paradise.

当人们来到牙买加,我们不希望他们思考牙买加的问题。所以让他们来进入他们的天堂吧。

Literature...is lonely and waited for, brilliant and pure and frightened, a marriage of birds, a conversation of the blind.

文学……孤独与等待,灿烂与纯洁与恐惧,一场鸟的婚礼,一场盲人的对话。

Having a better and more productive life than my monster father has been my most significant accomplishment.

拥有比我的怪物父亲更好更有成效的生活是我最大的成就。

Good manners sometimes means simply putting up with other people's bad manners.

有礼貌有时只是意味着容忍别人的不礼貌。

You can get through life with bad manners, but it's easier with good manners.

你可以不讲礼貌地度过一生,但讲礼貌更容易。

Pioneers may be picturesque figures, but they are often rather lonely ones.

拓荒者可能是风景如画的人物,但他们往往相当孤独。

Whoever called snooker 'chess with balls' was rude, but right.

把斯诺克称为“带球象棋”的人很粗鲁,但他是对的。

Pictures must not be too picturesque.

图画不能画得太生动。

A mind too active is no mind at all.

过于活跃的头脑根本不是头脑。