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Poetry is like making a joke. If you get one word wrong at the end of a joke, you've lost the whole thing.

  • -- W. S. Merwin 默文

诗歌就像一个笑话。如果你在一个笑话的结尾把一个单词拼错了，你就失去了整件事。

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Generally speaking, we get the joke. We know that the free market is nonsense. We know that the whole point is to game the system, to beat the market or at least find someone who will pay you a lot of money, 'cause they're convinced that there is a free lunch.

一般来说，我们懂这个笑话的意思。我们知道自由市场毫无意义。我们知道，关键是要利用这个系统，打败市场，或者至少找到一个愿意付给你很多钱的人，因为他们相信有免费的午餐。

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Soul receives from soul that knowledge, therefore not by book nor from tongue. If knowledge of mysteries come after emptiness of mind, that is illumination of heart.

灵魂从灵魂那里接受知识，因此不是通过书本，也不是通过语言。如果神秘的知识来自于心灵的空虚，那就是心灵的光明。

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I do things, and other people laugh at them. I rarely know what the joke is supposed to be or why they're laughing.

我做事，别人嘲笑我。我很少知道这个笑话应该是什么，或者他们为什么笑。

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Prose talks and poetry sings.

散文会说话，诗歌会唱歌。

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