Every other author may aspire to praise; the lexicographer can only hope to escape reproach.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

其他任何一位作家都渴望得到赞扬;词典编纂者只能希望逃脱指责。

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When I sat down to write I just felt like a geek writing about myself. And then it dawned on me, just because of the way I am, I can't stop talking, and part of the problem is that anything that gets said reminds me of something that happened to me one time, and invariably I cut people off and talk about myself.

当我坐下来写作时,我感觉自己就像一个写自己的极客。然后我醒悟过来,就因为我现在的样子,我不能停止说话,部分原因是,我说的任何话都会让我想起曾经发生在我身上的事情,我总是打断别人,谈论我自己。

A noble man compares and estimates himself by an idea which is higher than himself; and a mean man, by one lower than himself. The one produces aspiration; the other ambition, which is the way in which a vulgar man aspires.

一个高尚的人用一种高于自己的思想来比较和估计自己;一个卑鄙的人,比他自己还卑鄙。一个产生抱负;另一种野心,是一个庸俗的人所追求的。

When an author is yet living, we estimate his powers by his worst performance; and when he is dead, we rate them by his best.

当一个作家还活着的时候,我们通过他最差的作品来评价他的力量;当他死后,我们用他最好的方式来评价他。

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.

任何作品,无论它多么谦虚地追求艺术的境界,都应该在每一行都有它的理由。