The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

  • -- Blaise Pascal 巴斯卡

这封信很长,只是因为我没有时间把它写得短些。

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Given the brevity of our time here, it does seem likely that our species, too, must have at best a blinkered understanding of the shape of things, the import of certain events and what distinguishes 'good' from 'bad' luck.

考虑到我们在这里的时间很短,我们人类似乎也只能对事物的形状、某些事件的重要性以及“好”与“坏”运气的区别有一个狭隘的理解。

The poem, for me, is simply the first sound realized in the modality of being.

对我来说,这首诗只是第一个以存在的形式实现的声音。

Truth is simply a compliment paid to sentences seen to be paying their way.

事实只不过是对那些被认为正确的句子的赞美。

Brevity is a great charm of eloquence.

简洁是雄辩的一大魅力。