Poetry should surprise by a fine excess and not by singularity, it should strike the reader as a wording of his own highest thoughts, and appear almost a remembrance.

  • -- Roland Joffe 约菲

诗歌应该让读者感到惊奇,而不是感到奇怪,它应该让读者觉得它是他自己最高思想的一种表达,而且几乎是一种回忆。

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The pleasure we derive from doing favors is partly in the feeling it gives us that we are not altogether worthless. It is a pleasant surprise to ourselves.

我们从帮忙中获得的快乐部分来自于它给我们的感觉,我们并非一无是处。这对我们来说是一个惊喜。

The surprise is half the battle. Many things are half the battle, losing is half the battle. Let's think about what's the whole battle.

惊喜是成功的一半。许多事情是成功的一半,失败是成功的一半。让我们想想整个战争是什么。

Never forget what someone says to you when they are drunk, because drunk words are sober thoughts.

永远不要忘记别人喝醉时对你说的话,因为喝醉的话是清醒的思想。

There are thoughts we must not think.

有些想法我们不能想。