In spite of his practical ability, some of his experience had petrified into maxims and quotations.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

尽管他很有实践能力,但他的一些经验已经僵化成格言和格言了。

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An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.

一个作家的写作技巧中,一个绝对必要的部分,几乎和他的才能一样必要,就是在惩罚下站起来的能力,不管是这个世界给他的惩罚,还是他对自己施加的惩罚。

As an instrument for practical action, law is responsive to the wisdom of its time, which may be wrong, but it carries forward, sometimes in opposition to this wisdom or passion, a memory of received values.

作为一种实际行动的工具,法律对其所处时代的智慧作出反应,虽然这种智慧可能是错误的,但它有时与这种智慧或激情背道而驰,将所接受的价值观发扬光大。

Amazing, really, to think of what a man could achieve with the simple ability to put pen to paper and spin a decent yarn.

想想一个人只要用笔在纸上写下一段漂亮的纱线,就能做出如此惊人的成就,真是令人惊讶。

I thought it might have a practical use in something like neon signs.

我想它可能在霓虹灯之类的东西上有实际用途。