Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

写作是一种可怕的劳动,但不像懒惰那么可怕。

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Few enterprises of great labor or hazard would be undertaken if we had not the power of magnifying the advantages we expect from them.

如果我们没有能力放大我们所期望的优势,很少有劳动强度大或风险大的企业会去从事。

I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of.

我写作是为了给自己力量。我写作是为了成为我不是的角色。我写作是为了探索我所害怕的一切。

Somebody gets into trouble, then gets out of it again. People love that story. They never get tired of it.

有人陷入困境,然后又摆脱困境。人们喜欢这个故事。他们永远不会厌倦。

Labor disgraces no man; unfortunately, you occasionally find men who disgrace labor.

劳动不辱没人;不幸的是,你偶尔会发现一些人不喜欢劳动。

I see the beard and cloak, but I don't yet see a philosopher.

我看到了胡子和斗篷,但我还没有看到哲学家。

For Satan finds some mischief still For idle hands to do.

因为撒但觉得懒人还有可作的坏事。

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

艺术家的命运是悲壮而伟大的。

Idleness is to the human mind like rust to iron.

懒惰之于人的心灵,犹如生锈之于铁。