There is all the difference in the world between departure from recognised rules by one who has learned to obey them, and neglect of them through want of training or want of skill or want of understanding. Before you can be eccentric you must know where the circle is.

  • -- Ellen Terry 爱伦·泰瑞

一个已经学会遵守公认规则的人背离这些规则,或者由于缺乏训练、技能或理解而忽视这些规则,这两者之间有着天壤之别。在你变得古怪之前,你必须知道圆在哪里。

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The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing.

学生们,就像马戏团里的野生动物一样,正在为它所谓的“生活”做准备,他们只希望得到上面所描述的训练,这将让他们大失所望:按照他的标准,他几乎什么也学不到。

I assure you that the training that you get in a midget, in a sprint car and perhaps in a Silver Crown car is really the kind of experience that makes you into a damn good race driver.

我向你保证,你在侏儒车里,在短跑车里,也许在银冠车里接受的训练,真的是一种让你成为一名优秀赛车手的经历。

Conventional people are roused to fury by departure from convention, largely because they regard such departure as a criticism of themselves.

传统的人们因背离传统而愤怒,很大程度上是因为他们认为这种背离是对自己的批评。

The fact that you are willing to say, "I do not understand, and it is fine," is the greatest understanding you could exhibit.

你愿意说“我不明白,但没关系”,这是你能表现出来的最大的理解。

To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are.

培养英语口音已经背离了你的本性。

If you can't explain it simply, you don't understand it well enough.

如果你不能简单地解释它,你就不能很好地理解它。