I distrust Great Men. They produce a desert of uniformity around them and often a pool of blood too, and I always feel a little man's pleasure when they come a cropper.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

我不信任伟人。它们在周围形成了一片统一的沙漠,而且常常还会形成一滩血。每当它们倒下的时候,我总能感受到一个小个子男人的快乐。

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I'm a fairly ascetic person. And I do most of my writing at night. You don't get distracted, your brain goes into what you are writing about, into the world you're writing about, rather than into the world you're in.

我是个相当苦行的人。我大部分的写作都是在晚上。你不会分心,你的大脑会进入你所写的东西,进入你所写的世界,而不是你所处的世界。

For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.

很长一段时间以来,我一直试图尽我所能写出最好的作品。有时候我运气好,写得比我能写的更好。

Great men lose somewhat of their greatness by being near us; ordinary men gain much.

伟人因为接近我们而失去了一些伟大;普通人收获颇丰。

The greatest achievements of the human mind are generally received with distrust.

人类思想最伟大的成就通常都是不被信任的。

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

不信任朋友比被朋友欺骗更可耻。

Produce great men, the rest follows.

产生伟大的人物,其余的就跟着产生。