I am also well aware that literature only has a minimal influence on political disputes or economic crises in the world, but its significance to human beings is ancient.

-- Mo Yan 莫言

我也深知，文学对世界上的政治纷争和经济危机的影响微乎其微，但它对人类的意义却是源远流长的。

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Ancient societies had anthropomorphic gods: a huge pantheon expanding into centuries of dynastic drama; fathers and sons, martyred heroes, star-crossed lovers, the deaths of kings - stories that taught us of the danger of hubris and the primacy of humility.

古代社会有拟人化的神:一个巨大的万神殿扩展到几个世纪的王朝戏剧;父亲和儿子，殉难的英雄，不幸的恋人，国王的死亡——这些故事告诉我们傲慢的危险和谦逊的首要地位。

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The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between them and churches in towns there ought to be a most distinct and marked difference.

在我看来，问题在于人们把古老的乡村教堂当作他们的榜样，却没有发现它们和城镇中的教堂之间应该有最明显的区别。

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Marriage is one long conversation, chequered by disputes.

婚姻是一场漫长的谈话，充满了争吵。

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