I have always been amazed at the way an ordinary observer lends so much more credence and attaches so much more importance to waking events than to those occurring in dreams... Man... is above all the plaything of his memory.

  • -- André Breton 安德烈·布雷顿

我总是惊讶于一个普通的观察者是如何给予如此多的信任和重视醒着的事情,而不是那些发生在梦里的事情……男人。是他记忆中最重要的玩物。

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In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind could accommodate to the metropolitan rhythm of events.

为了适应变化和现象的对比,智力不需要任何冲击和内在的剧变;只有经历了这样的巨变,保守的人才能适应大都市的节奏。

I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject.

我倾向于对新的生产制度给予一定的重视;大胆地把它扔掉,希望它能在最感兴趣的人当中得到充分的讨论。

Most of the trouble in this world has been caused by folks who can't mind their own business, because they have no business of their own to mind, any more than a smallpox virus has.

这个世界上大多数的麻烦都是由那些不关自己事的人造成的,因为他们不关自己的事,就像天花病毒不关别人的事一样。

I'll continue on the path I've been taking, feet on the ground, describing people's lives, describing people's emotions, writing from the standpoint of the ordinary people.

我将继续走我一直走的路,脚踏实地,描述人们的生活,描述人们的情感,从普通人的角度写作。

Love's boat has been shattered against the life of everyday. You and I are quits, and it's useless to draw up a list of mutual hurts, sorrows, and pains.

爱情的小船已被日常生活撞得粉碎。你和我已经分手了,列一张相互伤害、悲伤和痛苦的清单是没有用的。

It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more.

世界似乎被分为好人和坏人。好人睡得更好,而坏人似乎更喜欢醒着的时候。

The man who is denied the opportunity of taking decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he is allowed to take.

被剥夺作出重要决定的机会的人,开始把他被允许作出的决定视为重要的决定。

If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.

如果你打得不好,游戏就没有那么有趣了。当这种情况发生时,我告诉自己,就像我小时候一样出去玩。

The more gifted and talkative one's characters are, the greater the chances of their resembling the author in tone or tint of mind.

一个人的性格越有天赋、越健谈,他们在语气或思想色彩上与作者相似的可能性就越大。

There are those who look at things the way they are, and ask why... I dream of things that never were, and ask why not?

有些人看待事物的方式,并问为什么……我梦想着从未有过的事情,问为什么不呢?

Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.

对所有人都要有礼貌,但对少数人要有亲密的关系,让那些少数人在你给他们信心之前得到充分的考验。

In the ordinary church, it is suppressed by respectability, by a desire to appear better than we really are.

在普通的教堂里,它被体面所抑制,被一种想要表现得比我们实际更好的愿望所抑制。

I've been amazed by the numbers that have come out to see the torch relay, so being a part of it is lovely.

我对前来观看火炬传递的人数感到惊讶,所以成为其中的一员是很美好的。

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

写作就像结婚一样。除非对自己的运气感到惊讶,否则永远不要做出承诺。

Punctuality is one of the cardinal business virtues: always insist on it in your subordinates.

守时是最基本的商业美德之一:总是对你的下属坚持守时。

Failure to accord credit to anyone for what he may have done is a great weakness in any man.

不把自己可能做过的事归功于任何人,这是任何人的一大弱点。

We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.

我们把更多的精力放在帮助人们进入老年,而不是帮助他们享受老年生活。

The events of childhood do not pass, but repeat themselves like seasons of the year.

童年的事情不会过去,而是像一年中的季节一样不断重复。

The recent past always presents itself as if destroyed by catastrophes.

最近的过去似乎总是被灾难摧毁。

General Custer was a close observer and student of personal character.

库斯特将军是一个密切的观察者和个性的学生。

It's okay to be lonely sometimes I've learned so much by being lonely.

有时候我从孤独中学到了很多。

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

在战争中,重要的事件是由微不足道的原因造成的。

If lies are to find credence, they must be patched with truth.

谎言要得到信任,就必须用真理来修补。

It is the stars, the stars above us, govern our conditions.

是天上的星星控制着我们的处境。

It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.

宽恕敌人比宽恕朋友容易。

If the hyena eats the sick man, he will eat the whole one.

如果土狼吃掉了病人,他会吃掉整个人。

Study lends a kind of enchantment to all our surroundings.

学习给我们周围的环境增添了一种魅力。

The waking mind is the least serviceable in the arts.

清醒的头脑在艺术上是最没用的。

I can only go one way. I've not got a reverse gear.

我只能走一条路。我没有倒档。

I don't like to attach myself to material things.

我不喜欢把自己依附于物质上。

Celebrate what you want to see more of.

庆祝你想看到更多的东西。

I'll perform all the way to the grave.

我会一直表演到死。

Luck never gives; it only lends.

运气永不走样;它只借。