Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

每个人都必须在真理和休息之间做出选择。它不可能两者兼得。

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The written word is the basic of everything. Most important, the idea, and after that, the dialogue. You can rehash the dialogue as you go along, it 's disgraceful to have to do this, but now and again you have no choice.

文字是一切的基础。最重要的是想法,然后是对话。你可以边走边重述对话,这样做是可耻的,但你有时别无选择。

The fact is that a man who wants to act virtuously in every way necessarily comes to grief among so many who are not virtuous.

事实是,一个人如果想在各方面都表现得高尚,必然会在那么多不高尚的人中间陷入悲哀。

For me art and chess are closely related, both are forms in which the self finds beauty and expression.

对我来说,艺术和象棋是密切相关的,两者都是自我发现美和表达的形式。

A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.

软弱的心就像显微镜,它能把微小的东西放大,却不能接受伟大的东西。

If you can't get someone off of your mind, then may be they're supposed to be there.

如果你无法将某人从你的脑海中抹去,那么也许他们就应该在那里。

We must all make the choice between what is right and what is easy.

我们都必须在正确和容易之间做出选择。

He hits from both sides of the plate. He's amphibious.

他从本垒板的两侧击球。他是水陆两用。

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

我遇到的每个人在某种程度上都是我的上司。