Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

  • -- Rebecca West 丽贝卡·韦斯特

生活应该是一场渴望冒险的斗争,这种冒险的崇高品质会滋养灵魂。

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The refusal to rest content, the willingness to risk excess on behalf of one's obsessions, is what distinguishes artists from entertainers, and what makes some artists adventurers on behalf of us all.

拒绝满足,愿意为自己的痴迷去冒险,这是艺术家与艺人的区别,也是一些艺术家代表我们所有人去冒险的原因。

I approached the bulk of my schoolwork as a chore rather than an intellectual adventure.

我把大部分的课业当作苦差事,而不是智力上的冒险。

It is much easier to suppress a first desire than to satisfy those that follow.

压抑最初的欲望要比满足随后的欲望容易得多。

Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.

成功——保持清醒的头脑和沉睡的欲望。

Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.

对高尚品格的信任胜过对誓言的信任。

Idleness is an appendix to nobility.

懒惰是高贵的附录。