Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.

  • -- Edgar Watson Howe 埃德加·沃森·豪

如果不是因为他们无法控制的谈话欲望,许多人会更诚实。

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In a decaying society, art, if it is truthful, must also reflect decay. And unless it wants to break faith with its social function, art must show the world as changeable. And help to change it.

在一个腐朽的社会里,艺术如果是真实的,也必须反映腐朽。除非艺术想违背其社会功能的信仰,否则它必须向世人展示一个变化的世界。并帮助改变它。

People tend to think that I know less about what I'm talking about than I actually do - usually people who think that all aristocrats are stupid.

人们往往认为我对自己在说些什么知道得比实际上少——通常认为所有贵族都很愚蠢的人。

People didn't vote left or right in the election. They voted for putting an end to all the primitive political history.

人们在选举中没有投左票或右票。他们投票赞成结束所有原始的政治史。

Only truthful hands write true poems. I cannot see any basic difference between a handshake and a poem.

只有真正的手才能写出真正的诗。我看不出握手和诗歌有什么本质区别。