The most important tribute any human being can pay to a poem or a piece of prose he or she really loves is to learn it by heart. Not by brain, by heart; the expression is vital.

  • -- George Steiner 斯坦纳

任何一个人对一首他或她真正喜爱的诗歌或散文所能表达的最重要的敬意,就是把它背下来。不是用头脑,而是用心;表达是至关重要的。

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With no matter what human being, taken individually, I always find reasons for concluding that sorrow and misfortune do not suit him; either because he seems too mediocre for anything so great, or, on the contrary, too precious to be destroyed.

不管他是什么人,从个人角度看,我总能找到理由得出这样的结论:悲伤和不幸不适合他;要么因为他看起来太平庸,无法成就如此伟大的事业,要么恰恰相反,因为他太珍贵,无法毁灭。

In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.

在承认我们同胞的人性时,我们向自己致以最高的敬意。

I don't think I'd want a revival. I'm not doing a tribute to myself.

我不认为我想要复兴。我不是在向自己致敬。

I'd never had so much pleasure with another human being.

我从未和另一个人有过如此多的快乐。