The greatness of art is not to find what is common but what is unique.

  • -- Isaac Bashevis Singer 艾萨克·巴什维斯辛格

艺术的伟大不在于发现什么是共同的,而在于发现什么是独特的。

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Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

在逆境中,在压迫下,语言开始失败,简单的语言开始失败。为了准确地表达事物,人类几乎被迫去寻找尽可能精确的词语,这是文学的先决条件。

You know, somebody mentioned that I was sort of a jazz-pop singer. And I'm thrilled that somebody would find that, at last, in my presentation, because it's such a part of where I live.

你知道,有人说我是爵士流行歌手。我很高兴终于有人在我的演讲中发现了这一点,因为这是我生活的一部分。

The greatness of man is great in that he knows himself to be wretched. A tree does not know itself to be wretched.

人的伟大之处在于他知道自己是不幸的。一棵树不知道自己是不幸的。

To have a great man for a friend seems pleasant to those who have never tried it; those who have, fear it.

有一个伟人做朋友,对那些从未尝试过的人来说似乎是一件愉快的事;那些有过恐惧的人。