In our day the conventional element in literature is elaborately disguised by a law of copyright pretending that every work of art is an invention distinctive enough to be patented.

  • -- Northrop Frye 弗莱

在我们这个时代,传统的文学元素被版权法精心掩盖,假装每一件艺术作品都是一项独特的发明,足以获得专利。

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The conventional notions of art have changed, and a lot of things done today are considered works of art that would have been rejected in the past.

传统的艺术观念已经改变了,今天所做的很多事情都被认为是艺术作品,在过去是会被拒绝的。

States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.

国家就像人一样。他们不会对可怕的现状提出质疑,直到某个戏剧性的事件颠覆了传统的、松懈的思维方式。

Our virtues are often, in reality, no better than vices disguised.

在现实中,我们的美德往往与伪装起来的恶习无异。