All art is a struggle to be, in a particular sort of way, virtuous.

  • -- Iris Murdoch 默多克

所有的艺术都是一种挣扎,以一种特殊的方式,成为有道德的人。

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The literature of the inner life is very largely a record of struggle with the inordinate passions of the social self.

内心生活的文学很大程度上是与社会自我的过分激情斗争的记录。

Discipline in art is a fundamental struggle to understand oneself, as much as to understand what one is drawing.

艺术的纪律是理解自己的根本斗争,就像理解一个人在画什么一样。

The sage belongs to the same obsolete repertory as the virtuous maiden and the enlightened monarch.

圣人与贤惠的少女和开明的君主属于同一种过时的套路。

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

有美德的人不命令,也不服从。