Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or fiction or epic poetry left.

  • -- Robert Staughton Lynd 罗伯特·斯塔顿·林德

把争吵从文学中剔除,历史、戏剧、小说或史诗就所剩无几了。

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History, real solemn history, I cannot be interested in.... I read it a little as a duty; but it tells me nothing that does not either vex or weary me. The quarrels of popes and kings, with wars and pestilences in every page; the men all so good for nothing, and hardly any women at all - it is very tiresome.

历史,真正严肃的历史,我不可能感兴趣……我把它当作一种责任来读;但它告诉我的一切,既没有使我烦恼,也没有使我厌烦。教皇和国王的争吵,每一页都有战争和瘟疫;所有的男人都是那么一无是处,几乎没有一个女人——这是非常令人讨厌的。

A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.

自由派是一个心胸开阔的人,在争吵中不会站在自己一边。

Be courageous and try to write in a way that scares you a little.

勇敢一点,试着用一种让你有点害怕的方式写作。

It was dreadful. They tried to put the little redhead in a cage.

这是可怕的。他们试图把小红发放进笼子里。