Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin.

  • -- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

没有什么比读一本有关礼仪的书更能使人迅速地倾向于进修道院了。有那么多琐碎的方式可以让我们犯下一些社会罪行。

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Nothing is less important than which fork you use. Etiquette is the science of living. It embraces everything. It is ethics. It is honor.

没有什么比使用哪个叉子更重要的了。礼仪是生活的科学。它包含了一切。这是道德。它是荣誉。

For me to see is to read. It has always been that way.

对我来说,看就是读。一直都是这样。

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

文学是忽视生活最令人愉快的方式。