The contemplation of things as they are, without substitution or imposture, without error or confusion, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention.

  • -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根

思考事物的本来面目,没有替代或欺骗,没有错误或困惑,其本身就比整个发明的收获更高贵。

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In those days, it didn't take much imagination to come up with something that required great lyric development skills. You just thought of an experience that you might have gone through, and write it down.

在那个年代,不需要太多的想象力就能想出一些需要高超的歌词发展技巧的东西。你只是想到一个你可能经历过的经历,然后把它写下来。

I know that you believe you understand what you think I said, but I'm not sure you realize that what you heard is not what I meant.

我知道你相信你理解我所说的话,但我不确定你是否意识到你听到的并不是我的意思。

So long as you live and work, you will be misunderstood; to that you must resign yourself once and for all. Be silent!

只要你生活和工作,你就会被误解;为此,你必须一劳永逸地放弃自己。保持沉默!

Generally speaking, a howling wilderness does not howl: it is the imagination of the traveler that does the howling.

一般来说,嚎叫的荒野不会嚎叫:嚎叫是旅行者的想象。

There are as many pillows of illusion as flakes in a snow-storm. We wake from one dream into another dream.

幻想的枕头就像暴风雪中的雪花一样多。我们从一个梦醒到另一个梦。

As an organizer I start from where the world is, as it is, not as I would like it to be.

作为一个组织者,我从世界的现状出发,而不是我想要的样子。

The highest form of intelligence is the ability to observe without evaluating.

智力的最高形式是观察而不评价的能力。

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

与人交往会吸引人进行自我观察。