Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.

  • -- Winston Churchill 温斯顿·丘吉尔

没有传统,艺术就像一群羊没有牧人。没有创新,它就是一具尸体。

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The metaphor of the king as the shepherd of his people goes back to ancient Egypt. Perhaps the use of this particular convention is due to the fact that, being stupid, affectionate, gregarious, and easily stampeded, the societies formed by sheep are most like human ones.

国王是人民的牧羊人的比喻可以追溯到古埃及。也许这个特殊的习俗的使用是由于这样一个事实,即由羊组成的社会是愚蠢的,充满感情的,群居的,容易踩踏的,最像人类的社会。

History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.

历史或多或少是胡扯。这是传统。我们不想要传统。我们想活在当下,唯一值得修补的历史就是我们今天创造的历史。

Kennedy lied and lied about his health while he was alive, even using his father's influence to get into the Navy without ever taking a medical examination.

肯尼迪活着的时候对自己的健康撒了一个又一个谎,甚至利用父亲的影响,在没有体检的情况下就进入了海军。

I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

我不再注重感觉和创新,而是注重自己风格的完善。

There is no love without forgiveness, and there is no forgiveness without love.

没有宽恕就没有爱,没有爱就没有宽恕。

Tradition must be a springboard to the future, not an easy chair for resting.

传统必须是通向未来的跳板,而不是安乐椅。

In things a moderation keep; Kings ought to shear, not skin, their sheep.

对事物保持适度;国王应该剪羊毛,而不是剥羊毛。

It is the part of a good shepherd to shear his flock, not to skin it.

好牧人的职责是剪羊毛,而不是剥皮。

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

人性最大的痛苦之一就是新思想的痛苦。

All things atrocious and shameless flock from all parts to Rome.

所有残暴无耻的东西都从四面八方涌向罗马。

You are a little soul carrying around a corpse.

你是一个带着尸体的小灵魂。

My first job was cleaning sheep pens.

我的第一份工作是清理羊圈。

The more shepherds the less care.

牧羊人越多,关心的人就越少。

Under each formula lies a corpse.

每个公式下都有一具尸体。