I have to confess that I have so rarely experienced triumph that I cannot claim to know it well enough to judge, but it seems to be at best a momentary joy followed instantly by sadness, and, then, of necessity, by wariness.

-- Mark Helprin 普林

我必须承认，我很少经历过胜利，因此我不能说我很清楚地知道胜利的意义，但它充其量不过是短暂的快乐之后紧接着是悲伤，然后必然是警惕。

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I grow daily to honour facts more and more, and theory less and less. A fact, it seems to me, is a great thing; a sentence printed, if not by God, then at least by the Devil.

我越来越尊重事实，越来越不尊重理论。在我看来，事实是一件伟大的事情;一个句子，如果不是上帝印的，那么至少是魔鬼印的。

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The idea that we can actually have an impact on places more or less instantly, too, by responding in some way or not responding, I think, also makes it true.

我认为，通过某种方式的回应或不回应，我们实际上也能或多或少地立即对某些地方产生影响，这一想法也使之成为现实。

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People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on.

人们总是说生命是短暂的。我从来都不相信这一点——我的似乎有一种没完没了的倾向。

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