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If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

  • -- Ernest Hemingway 欧内斯特·海明威

如果一个作家对他所写的东西知道的足够多，他可能会省略他所知道的东西。冰山运动的尊严在于它只有九分之一露出水面。

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A great writer creates a world of his own and his readers are proud to live in it. A lesser writer may entice them in for a moment, but soon he will watch them filing out.

一个伟大的作家创造了他自己的世界，他的读者为生活在其中而感到自豪。一个不那么优秀的作家可能会暂时吸引他们，但很快他就会看到他们逐渐退出。

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A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

放债的比奴隶主还坏;因为主人只欠你一个人的债，债主却欠你的体面，并且能制伏你。

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Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.

作家灵魂的每一个秘密，生活的每一次经历，思想的每一种品质都写在他的作品中。

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I have little shame, no dignity - all in the name of a better cause.

我没有什么羞耻，没有尊严——所有这些都是为了一个更好的事业。

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