One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose.

  • -- Francois Marie Arouet 阿鲁埃

很少有人会否认诗歌的一个优点:它比散文言简意赅。

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In science one tries to tell people, in such a way as to be understood by everyone, something that no one ever knew before. But in poetry, it's the exact opposite.

在科学中,人们试图以一种人人都能理解的方式告诉人们一些以前没有人知道的事情。但在诗歌中,恰恰相反。

Publishing a volume of verse is like dropping a rose petal down the Grand Canyon and waiting for the echo.

出版一本诗集就像把一片玫瑰花瓣扔进大峡谷,等待回音。

You are loved more than you will ever know by someone who died to know you.

你被爱的程度比你知道的任何时候都要多。

Genius ain't anything more than elegant common sense.

天才不过是优雅的常识。