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Literature is my calling To hold up the mirror to my countrymen comes natural to me; and in the open field of invention I am not without hopes of giving them pleasure.

  • -- Thomas Edward Brown 托马斯·爱德华·布朗

文学是我向同胞们举起镜子的召唤，这对我来说很自然;在开放的发明领域，我并不是没有希望给他们带来快乐。

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My books are shelved in different places, depending on the bookstore. Sometimes they can be found in the Mystery section, sometimes in the Humor department, and occasionally even in the Literature aisle, which is somewhat astounding.

我的书根据书店的不同摆放在不同的地方。有时他们可以在神秘的部分找到，有时在幽默部门，有时甚至在文学通道，这是有点惊人的。

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Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs.

市场的设计是为了让个人照顾他们的私人需求和追求利润。这确实是一个伟大的发明，我不会低估它的价值，但它们并不是为了满足社会需求而设计的。

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The pleasure of one's effect on other people still exists in age - what's called making a hit. But the hit is much rarer and made of different stuff.

一个人对他人的影响所带来的快乐在年龄上仍然存在，这就是所谓的轰动效应。但是这种撞击要难得多，而且是由不同的材料制成的。

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Art is an invention of aesthetics, which in turn is an invention of philosophers... What we call art is a game.

艺术是美学的发明，美学又是哲学家的发明。我们所说的艺术是一种游戏。

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We are in this period now where we all are trying to be in shape physically and deny ourselves any pleasure.

我们现在正处在这个时期，我们都在努力保持身体健康，拒绝任何快乐。

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All that is literature seeks to communicate power: all that is not literature, to communicate knowledge.

所有的文学都是为了传播力量:所有的文学都不是为了传播知识。

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