The philosopher proves that the philosopher exists. The poet merely enjoys existence.

  • -- Wallace Stevens 华莱士·史蒂文斯

哲学家证明了哲学家的存在。诗人只是享受存在。

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The fact is, every thinker, every philosopher, the moment he is forced to abandon his one-sided intellectual occupation by practical necessity, immediately returns to the general point of view of mankind.

事实上,每一个思想家,每一个哲学家,当他因为实际的需要而被迫放弃他片面的知识工作的时候,就立即回到人类的一般观点上来。

I was a boy when I first realized that the fullest life liveable was a Poet's.

当我第一次意识到最充实的生活是诗人的生活时,我还是个孩子。

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

没有一个人是伟大的诗人,他把自己大量的精力用在别的事情上。

We are all special cases.

我们都是特例。