Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

  • -- Albert Schweitzer 艾伯特·施韦策

一切深刻的东西都是简单的,只要保持对整个真理的参照,就可以简单地再现出来。但重要的不是机智,而是真实。

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I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

我不能同意我这必死无疑的躯体将被埋葬在一个为皇帝或国王准备的宝库中。我的共和情怀和原则禁止我这样做。

Apart from a few simple principles, the sound and rhythm of English prose seem to me matters where both writers and readers should trust not so much to rules as to their ears.

除了一些简单的原则外,我认为英语散文的声音和节奏很重要,作家和读者都不应该太相信规则,而应该相信自己的耳朵。

Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.

简单是最终的成就。当一个人演奏了大量的音符和更多的音符后,简单就成为了艺术的最高奖赏。

I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery.

我喜欢用语言创造有趣的纹理。只要看起来像是一个发现,你就能做到。

I'm just another guy who thinks he's smarter than he is, in a long line of them.

我只是另一个自以为比自己聪明的人,在一长串这样的人当中。

In fact, to gull a fool seems to me an exploit worthy of a witty man.

事实上,欺骗一个傻瓜在我看来是一种值得一个机智的人去做的事情。

I am the only person in the world I should like to know thoroughly.

我是这个世界上唯一一个我想彻底了解的人。

The foundation of family - that's where it all begins for me.

家庭的基础——对我来说,这就是一切的开始。

Being an agent gave me a great sense of satisfaction.

做经纪人给了我很大的满足感。

I am still simple, just as if I were beginning.

我还是单纯的,就像我刚开始一样。