Poetry and progress are like two ambitious men who hate one another with an instinctive hatred, and when they meet upon the same road, one of them has to give place.

  • -- Charles Baudelaire 查尔斯·波德莱尔

诗歌和进步就像两个野心勃勃的人,他们本能地憎恨彼此,当他们在同一条路上相遇时,其中一个不得不让步。

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As things are, and as fundamentally they must always be, poetry is not a career, but a mug's game. No honest poet can ever feel quite sure of the permanent value of what he has written: He may have wasted his time and messed up his life for nothing.

诗歌不是一种职业,而是一种徒劳无益的游戏。没有一个诚实的诗人能对他所写的东西的永久价值有十足的把握:他可能白白浪费了时间,把生活搞得一团糟。

I hate track! I hate running! Running around and around and around and around, and all you get is this little ribbon. That's not for me.

我讨厌跟踪!我讨厌跑步!绕了一圈又一圈,你得到的只是这个小丝带。那不适合我。

These woods are lovely, dark and deep,But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleep,And miles to go before I sleep.

这些树林很可爱,又黑又深,但是我必须信守诺言,在我睡觉前还有很长的路要走,在我睡觉前还有很长的路要走。

Men give away nothing so liberally as their advice.

人们最慷慨地给出他们的忠告。

I hate arguing with someone i really care about.

我讨厌和我真正在乎的人争论。

Forgiveness is a gift you give yourself.

宽恕是你给自己的礼物。