Words have no power to impress the mind without the exquisite horror of their reality.

  • -- Edgar Allan Poe 埃德加·艾伦·坡

没有对现实的极度恐惧,语言就没有力量给人留下深刻的印象。

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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.

使一个破产的人烦恼的与其说是贫穷,还不如说是矫饰——在骄傲的头脑和空虚的钱包之间挣扎——必须很快结束的空虚的表演。

If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer.

如果我读了一本让我印象深刻的书,在我和其他人交往之前,我必须紧紧抓住自己的手;否则他们会认为我的想法很奇怪。

I'm not impressed by people's degrees. Harvard doesn't impress me, Yale doesn't impress me, Columbia doesn't impress me.

我对人们的学位不感兴趣。哈佛没给我留下深刻印象,耶鲁没给我留下深刻印象,哥伦比亚也没给我留下深刻印象。

The ones who feel the need to impress you, are usually the ones who are already impressed by you.

那些觉得有必要给你留下深刻印象的人,通常是那些已经对你印象深刻的人。