Is encouragement what the poet needs? Open question. Maybe he needs discouragement. In fact, quite a few of them need more discouragement, the most discouragement possible.

  • -- Robert Fitzgerald 罗伯特·菲茨杰拉德

诗人需要的是鼓励吗?悬而未决的问题。也许他需要泄气。事实上,相当多的人需要更多的沮丧,尽可能的沮丧。

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The system becomes more coherent as it is further extended. The elements which we require for explaining a new class of facts are already contained in our system. In false theories, the contrary is the case.

随着系统的进一步扩展,它变得更加连贯。我们解释一类新的事实所需要的要素已经包含在我们的系统中。在错误的理论中,情况恰恰相反。

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。

The one thing about being a parent is the ability to be selfless: To give up the things you want and need for the benefit of someone else.

为人父母的一件事就是无私的能力:为了他人的利益而放弃你想要和需要的东西。

There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.

最后只有几个故事可以讲,背叛和爱情的失败就是其中一个好故事。

Once something becomes discernible, or understandable, we no longer need to repeat it. We can destroy it.

一旦某件事变得清晰可辨,或可以理解,我们就不再需要重复它。我们可以摧毁它。

I was not really as good as I should have been.

我并没有达到我应该达到的水平。