It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skilfully.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

荷马主要教导其他诗人巧妙地说谎的艺术。

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The relation between a poet and audience is really insignificant. What matters is the poet is hearing something that he is broadcasting. And whether there is anybody with a receiver isn't the reason he does it. He hopes there is somebody receiving it.

诗人和观众之间的关系实在是微不足道。重要的是诗人听到了他正在传播的东西。他这么做的原因不是是否有人带着听筒。他希望有人收到它。

Dealing with poetry is a daunting task, simply because the reason one does it as an editor at all is because one is constantly coming to terms with one's own understanding of how to understand the world.

处理诗歌是一项艰巨的任务,原因很简单,一个人做编辑的原因是,他不断地接受自己对如何理解世界的理解。