It's a pity one can't imagine what one can't compare to anything. Genius is an African who dreams up snow.

-- Vladimir Nabokov 弗拉基米尔·纳博科夫

遗憾的是，一个人无法想象自己无法与任何事物相比。天才是一个梦想下雪的非洲人。

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I had a hard time convincing students that they were going to North Africa to understand the North Africans, not to understand themselves.

我很难说服学生们，他们去北非是为了了解北非人，而不是为了了解他们自己。

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It is a pity that instead of the Pilgrim Fathers landing on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock had not landed on the Pilgrim Fathers.

遗憾的是，普利茅斯岩并没有让清教徒祖先登陆普利茅斯岩，而是让清教徒祖先登陆了普利茅斯岩。

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Prove the cynic's wrong. Pity them for they have no imagination.

证明愤世嫉俗者错了。可怜他们吧，他们没有想象力。

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I've been to North Africa many times.

我去过北非很多次。

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