The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

  • -- Winston Churchill 温斯顿·丘吉尔

现代断言的含蓄有时被推到极端,在这种情况下,对被反驳的恐惧使作者几乎丧失了所有的意义和意义。

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There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?

覆水难收。覆水难收。为什么要为已经做过却无法挽回的事情而哭泣?

I don't want to rule the universe. I just think it could be more sensibly organised.

我不想统治宇宙。我只是认为它可以更合理地组织起来。

Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.

如今,三个机智的短语和一个谎言就能造就一个作家。

A writer's job is to tell the truth.

作家的工作是讲真话。