Before people complain of the obscurity of modern poetry, they should first examine their consciences and ask themselves with how many people and on how many occasions they have genuinely and profoundly shared some experience with another.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

在人们抱怨现代诗歌晦涩难懂之前,他们应该先反省自己的良心,问问自己有多少人、在多少场合与他人真诚而深刻地分享过一些经验。

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No other question has ever moved so profoundly the spirit of man; no other idea has so fruitfully stimulated his intellect; yet no other concept stands in greater need of clarification than that of the infinite.

没有其他问题能如此深刻地打动人类的精神;没有任何别的思想能如此有效地激发他的才智;然而,没有任何概念比无限概念更需要澄清。

I personally think we developed language because of our deep inner need to complain.

我个人认为,我们之所以发展语言,是因为我们内心深处需要抱怨。

A pessimist is somebody who complains about the noise when Opportunity knocks.

悲观主义者是当机会来敲门时抱怨噪音的人。