Young poets bewail the passing of love; old poets, the passing of time. There is surprisingly little difference.

  • -- Mason Cooley 梅森·库利

年轻的诗人悲叹爱情的逝去;老诗人,岁月的流逝。令人惊讶的是,两者之间几乎没有什么区别。

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A ball had passed between my body and the right arm which supported him, cutting through the sleeve and passing through his chest from shoulder to shoulder. There was no more to be done for him and I left him to his rest. I have never mended that hole in my sleeve.

一个球从我的身体和支撑他的右臂之间穿过,穿过他的袖子,从一个肩膀传到另一个肩膀。没有什么可为他做的了,我让他去休息。我从来没有把袖子上的洞补好。

A poet ought not to pick nature's pocket. Let him borrow, and so borrow as to repay by the very act of borrowing. Examine nature accurately, but write from recollection, and trust more to the imagination than the memory.

诗人不应该扒窃自然的衣袋。让他借钱吧,借了就借,借了就借,借了就借,借了就还。准确地审视自然,但要从回忆中写作,更要相信想象力,而不是记忆。

Music, of all the liberal arts, has the greatest influence over the passions, and it is that to which the legislator ought to give the greatest encouragement.

在所有的文科中,音乐对激情的影响最大,立法者应该给予最大的鼓励。

They say poets write mostly for themselves; if anyone else likes it, well and good, if not, it doesn't matter; certainly, not to me.

他们说诗人主要是为自己写作;如果有人喜欢它,那很好,如果不喜欢,也没关系;当然,对我来说不是。

I try to be feminine, yet intellectual and smart at the same time. You don't see enough of that.

我试着变得女性化,同时又聪明又聪明。你看到的还不够多。

The value of life can be measured by how many times your soul has been deeply stirred.

生命的价值可以用你的灵魂被多少次深深打动来衡量。

Young men think old men are fools; but old men know young men are fools.

年轻人认为老年人愚蠢;但老年人知道年轻人是傻瓜。

I'm young in spirit and have lots of energy.

我精神年轻,精力充沛。