A work of art is never finished. It is merely abandoned.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

一件艺术品永远不会完成。它只是被遗弃了。

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The essence of optimism is that it takes no account of the present, but it is a source of inspiration, of vitality and hope where others have resigned; it enables a man to hold his head high, to claim the future for himself and not to abandon it to his enemy.

乐观主义的本质是不考虑现在,而是别人已经放弃的灵感、活力和希望的源泉;它能使一个人昂首挺胸,为自己争取未来,而不把未来拱手让给敌人。

To the totality of purposes of the perfect Law there belong the abandonment, depreciation, and restraint of desires in so far as possible.

在完善的法律的全部目的中,有尽可能地放弃、贬低和抑制欲望。

My mother saved hundreds of animals in her life. Wherever she encountered and injured or needy or abandoned animal, she brought it home.

我母亲一生中拯救了数百只动物。无论她在哪里遇到受伤的、需要帮助的或被遗弃的动物,她都会把它带回家。

Reality seems valueless by comparison with the dreams of fevered imaginations; reality is therefore abandoned.

与狂热想象的梦境相比,现实似乎毫无价值;因此,现实被抛弃了。

Know that you will eventually have to leave everything behind; the writing will demand it of you.

要知道你最终会把一切都抛诸脑后;写作要求你这样做。

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory.

我为什么要写作?因为我发现生活令人不满意。