Conquered people tend to be witty.

  • -- Saul Bellow 索尔·贝娄

被征服的人往往很机智。

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Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

一切深刻的东西都是简单的,只要保持对整个真理的参照,就可以简单地再现出来。但重要的不是机智,而是真实。

It is easier to be a lover than a husband for the simple reason that it is more difficult to be witty every day than to say pretty things from time to time.

做一个爱人比做一个丈夫容易,原因很简单:每天保持机智比时不时地说些好听的话更难。