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For the saddest epitaph which can be carved in memory of a vanished freedom is that it was lost because its possessors failed to stretch forth a saving hand while there was still time.

  • -- George Sutherland 乔治·萨瑟兰

因为，最悲哀的墓志铭，可以刻在记忆中一个消失的自由，是它失去了，因为它的拥有者没有伸出一只拯救之手，而仍然有时间。

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When you're writing for newspapers you have all these parameters. You can't swear, you have to use short paragraphs, all that. If you stay within those parameters, you have lots of freedom because you're writing for the next day.

当你为报纸写作时，你有所有这些参数。你不能骂人，你必须使用简短的段落，诸如此类。如果你保持在这些参数之内，你会有很多自由，因为你在为第二天写作。

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If you want total security, go to prison. There you're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.

如果你想要完全的安全，去监狱吧。你在那里吃饭、穿衣、看病等等。唯一缺少的是……是自由的。

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I can create countries just as I can create the actions of my characters. That is why a lot of travel seems to me a waste of time.

我可以创造国家，就像我可以创造角色的行为一样。这就是为什么我觉得很多旅行都是浪费时间。

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I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable.

我还从未见过一个作家，他在写作风格上煞费苦心，同时又不失可读性。

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Epitaph for a dead waiter - God finally caught his eye.

一位死去的侍者的墓志铭——上帝终于引起了他的注意。

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