The past exudes legend: one can’t make pure clay of time’s mud. There is no life that can be recaptured wholly; as it was. Which is to say that all biography is ultimately fiction.

  • -- Bernard Malamud 伯纳德·马拉默德

过去散发着传奇的气息:一个人不可能用时间的泥做纯泥。没有一种生命是可以完全重新获得的;因为它是。也就是说,所有的传记最终都是虚构的。

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It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

了解敌人是有好处的,尤其是因为有时你可能有机会把他变成朋友。

You cannot truly listen to anyone and do anything else at the same time.

你不可能一边听别人说话,一边做其他事情。