When an acquaintance goes by I often step back from my window, not so much to spare him the effort of acknowledging me as to spare myself the embarrassment of seeing that he has not done so.

  • -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 利希滕贝格

当一个熟人经过我身边时,我常常从窗口退后一步,与其说是为了让他不费力地向我打招呼,还不如说是为了不让自己尴尬地看到他并没有这样做。

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Only an artiste, can acknowledge the strangeness of a genius during his life time. The rest of the world gets it after his death.

只有艺术家,才能在他的一生中认识到天才的奇异之处。在他死后,世界上其他地方的人都得到了它。

I have learned a lot about myself and come to deal with a lot of things that, at first, bothered me.

我对自己有了更多的了解,并开始处理许多起初让我感到困扰的事情。

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

当我们单独在一起时,我们会因尴尬而察觉到爱何时开始,何时衰退。

The definition of a modern approach to war is the acknowledgement of individual lives lost.

现代战争方法的定义是承认个人生命的丧失。

My career was obviously cut shorter than I wanted it to be.

我的职业生涯显然比我预想的要短。