It's the word 'artful'; it's such a great word, with its dark and its light side, its art and its cunning, the craft and the crafty of it - I've been preoccupied with the word 'artful' and the twin notions of 'cornucopia' and 'pickpocket' it suggests for quite some time.

  • -- Ali Smith 阿莉·史密斯

它是“巧妙的”这个词;这个词太棒了,有它黑暗的一面,也有它光明的一面,有它艺术的一面,也有它狡诈的一面,有它的技巧,也有它的狡诈——我一直专注于“巧”这个词,以及它所暗示的“聚宝盆”和“扒手”这两个概念。

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Without the faintest possibility of finding a job, I decided to devote myself to literature: it was about time to find out what I was worth as a writer.

在找不到工作的情况下,我决定投身文学:是时候看看我作为一名作家的价值了。

It is not in the power of even the most crafty dissimulation to conceal love long, where it really is, nor to counterfeit it long where it is not.

即使是最狡猾的伪装,也无法在真爱存在的地方长时间地隐藏它,也无法在它不存在的地方长时间地假装它。

Bondage is the life of personality, and for bondage the personal self will fight with tireless resourcefulness and the most stubborn cunning.

束缚是人格的生命,为了束缚,个人的自我会以不知疲倦的足智多谋和最顽固的狡诈而斗争。

Failing my driving test first time; that was a disappointment on a geological scale.

第一次驾驶考试不及格;从地质学的角度来看,这是一个令人失望的结果。

I am a mediocre being, a bit cunning.

我是一个平庸的人,有点狡猾。