With this sense of the splendour of our experience and of its awful brevity, gathering all we are into one desperate effort to see and touch, we shall hardly have time to make theories about the things we see and touch.

  • -- Walter Horatio Pater 佩特

有了这种体验的壮丽感和它可怕的简练感,把我们所有的一切都集中到一个绝望的努力去看和触摸,我们将几乎没有时间对我们所看到和触摸的事物做出理论。

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The flag that was the symbol of slavery on the high seas for a long time was not the Confederate battle flag, it was sadly the Stars and Stripes.

很长一段时间以来,在公海上象征奴隶制的旗帜并不是南方联盟的战旗,而是星条旗。

The artist discards all theories, both his own and those of others. He forgets everything when he is in front of his canvas.

这位艺术家抛弃了所有的理论,包括他自己的理论和别人的理论。当他在画布前时,他忘记了一切。

Any time I have to get on a plane and leave my kids for a few days, it's kind of tortuous.

每次我必须坐飞机离开我的孩子几天,这是一种曲折的过程。

What is a epigram? A dwarfish whole. Its body brevity, and wit its soul.

什么是警句?一个矮小的整体。它的身体简洁,它的灵魂机智。

The nice thing about self-love is that it's hardly ever unrequited.

自爱的好处是它很少是没有回报的。

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

为了简洁,我变得晦涩难懂。

I hardly ever go out when I'm home.

我在家的时候几乎从不出去。