It is better to be able neither to read nor write than to be able to do nothing else.

  • -- William Hazlitt 威廉·哈兹里特

既不会读也不会写,总比什么都不会做要好。

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Volume depends precisely on the writer's having been able to sit in a room every day, year after year, alone.

音量的大小完全取决于作者是否能够年复一年地每天独自坐在一个房间里。

When a man writes a romance, the woman dies. When a woman writes one, it ends all tidy and sweet.

当男人写浪漫小说时,女人就死了。当一个女人写一封邮件的时候,结尾都是整洁而甜蜜的。

Neither gods nor men can foresee when an evil deed will bear its fruit.

无论是神还是人都无法预知什么时候恶行会有恶果。

I like being able to walk into an old town and find good local food.

我喜欢能够走进一个古老的城镇,找到当地的美食。

Neither give cherries to pigs nor advice to a fool.

不要给猪樱桃,也不要给傻瓜忠告。

I write my own songs, and I only see their flaws.

我写我自己的歌,我只看到他们的缺点。