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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For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for pleasure is the desire to escape from reality.

对于理性的、心理健康的人来说,对快乐的渴望就是庆祝自己控制了现实的渴望。对神经质的人来说,对快乐的渴望就是对现实的逃避。

The more a person learns how to use the forces of nature for his own purposes, by means of perfecting the sciences and the invention and improvement of machines, the more he will produce.

一个人学习如何利用自然的力量为自己的目的,通过完善科学和机器的发明和改进,他会生产更多。

Literature wasn’t intended to be about perfect people, it was about flaws, very real and very deep human flaws.

文学不是关于完美的人,而是关于缺陷,非常真实和深刻的人类缺陷。

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.

我带着最大的快乐走进他的家门,又带着最大的遗憾离开,他从来没有帮过我一个小小的忙。

Men are creatures of invention and are usually determined not to accept no for an answer.

人是创造出来的,通常不会接受否定的答案。

It is, of course, traditional in children's literature to get rid of the parents.

当然,摆脱父母是儿童文学的传统。