I strive to be brief but I become obscure.

  • -- Horace 贺拉斯

我努力简洁,但我变得晦涩。

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Nothing is as real as a dream. The world can change around you, but your dream will not. Responsibilities need not erase it. Duties need not obscure it. Because the dream is within you, no one can take it away.

没有什么比梦想更真实。你周围的世界可以改变,但你的梦想不会。责任不需要抹去它。责任不需要掩盖它。因为梦想就在你心中,没有人能把它带走。

The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

这封信很长,只是因为我没有时间把它写得短些。

In labouring to be concise, I become obscure.

为了简洁,我变得晦涩难懂。

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

我力求简洁,却变得晦涩难懂。

Never be so brief as to become obscure.

永远不要过于简短以至于变得晦涩难懂。