Travellers, like poets, are mostly an angry race: by falling into a daily fit of passion, I proved to the governor and his son, who were profuse in their attentions, that I was in earnest.

  • -- Sir Richard Francis Burton 家伯顿爵士

旅人就像诗人一样,多半是一种愤怒的民族。我每天都要大发雷霆,向总督和他的儿子证明我是认真的,他们对我殷勤备至。

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The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity.

诗人的想象力支配现实的程度,说到底,正是衡量他的重要性和尊严的准确尺度。

Pound's crazy. All poets are. They have to be. You don't put a poet like Pound in the loony bin.

英镑的疯狂。所有的诗人都是。他们必须如此。你不会把庞德这样的诗人扔进疯人院。

When you're in the middle of a pennant race, you can't go up there thinking about home runs.

当你在一场三角旗比赛中,你不能想着全垒打。

I race to win, not to please people.

我比赛是为了赢,不是为了取悦别人。