Only the more rugged mortals should attempt to keep up with current literature.

  • -- George Ade 乔治·艾迪

只有更粗犷的凡人才应该努力跟上当前的文学潮流。

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Whatever I do, I attempt to do it fully. I try, and don't always succeed, to be thorough. There are musicians who do not know their worth, and if they knew it at one time, it has eluded them. I know my worth. You try not to dwell in the past.

无论我做什么,我都尽力把它做好。我努力做到彻底,但并不总是成功。有些音乐家不知道自己的价值,如果他们曾经知道,他们就会逃避。我知道我的价值。你试着不沉湎于过去。

It is just called Continuing Legal Education. You can go to lectures, you can even listen to tapes on airplanes - they want you to stay current. So you do have to stay current to maintain your license even if you are not practicing.

这就是所谓的继续法律教育。你可以去听讲座,甚至可以在飞机上听磁带——他们想让你跟上时代。所以,即使你不练习,你也必须保持更新来维护你的执照。

In the history of literature there are many great enduring works which were not published in the lifetimes of the authors. If the authors had not achieved self-affirmation while writing, how could they have continued to write?

在文学史上,有许多伟大而不朽的作品,是作者生前没有发表过的。如果作者在写作中没有得到自我肯定,又怎么能继续写作呢?

Time extracts various values from a painter's work. When these values are exhausted the pictures are forgotten, and the more a picture has to give, the greater it is.

时间从画家的作品中提取各种价值。当这些价值被耗尽时,图片就会被遗忘,而一张图片所能提供的东西越多,它就会变得越大。

In my own recent String Trio I attempt to superimpose two quite different sets of formal strategies, both of which, ultimately, refer back to historical precedent.

在我最近的弦乐三重奏中,我试图将两套截然不同的形式策略叠加在一起,最终,这两套策略都可以追溯到历史先例。

When you reread a classic, you do not see more in the book than you did before; you see more in you than there was before.

当你重读一本经典著作时,你在书中看到的并不比以前多;你比以前看到了更多。

Geniuses are the luckiest of mortals because what they must do is the same as what they most want to do.

天才是人类中最幸运的,因为他们必须做的和他们最想做的是一样的。

Always keep your eyes open. Don't block your own sunshine. Be filled with wonder.

时刻睁大眼睛。不要挡住自己的阳光。充满惊奇。

Few of the great works of ancient Greek literature are easy reading.

古希腊文学名著中很少有易于阅读的。

Mortals liberate Buddhas and Buddhas liberate mortals.

人解放佛,佛解放人。

Reputation runs behind the current state of affairs.

当前的事态发展是以信誉为基础的。

As I came to power peacefully, so shall I keep it.

当我和平地掌权时,我也将保持它。