The wool of a thousand sheep in good pasture at the least ought to yield fifty marks a year, the wool of two thousand one hundred marks, and so forth, counting by thousands.

  • -- Robert Grosseteste 罗伯特·格罗斯泰斯特

一千头羊在好草场上的毛,一年至少得五十马克,两千一百马克,依此类推,以千计。

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I write so that people will read what I write. I don't want to write a book that a thousand people read, or just privileged people read. I want to write a book whose emotional truth people can understand. For me, that's what it's about.

我写作是为了让人们读我写的东西。我不想写一本一千多人读过的书,或者只是特权阶层的人读过的书。我想写一本人们能够理解其中情感真相的书。对我来说,就是这样。

At the beginning of every week, I like to sit down and figure out what I'm going to make. I probably try at least two new recipes a week. But I have my standbys - jambalaya, meatloaf and mashed potatoes.

在每个星期的开始,我喜欢坐下来,想清楚我要做什么。我可能一周至少尝试两种新食谱。但是我有备用的——什锦饭、肉糕和土豆泥。

The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

每一个艺术家的目标都是通过人为的手段来捕捉运动,也就是生命,并把它固定住,这样一百年后,当一个陌生人看到它时,它又动了起来,因为这就是生命。

It is only after years of preparation that the young artist should touch color - not color used descriptively, that is, but as a means of personal expression.

只有经过多年的准备,年轻的艺术家才应该触摸色彩——不是用来描述色彩的,而是作为一种个人表达的手段。

Three can keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

三个人可以保守秘密,如果他们中的两个死了。

A picture is worth a thousand words.

一幅画胜过千言万语。