For a poet to depict a poet in poetry is a hazardous experiment; in regarding one's own trade a sense of humour and a little wholesome cynicism are not amiss.

  • -- Edward Dowden 道登

对诗人来说,在诗歌中描写诗人是一项危险的实验;在谈到自己的职业时,幽默感和一点善意的冷嘲热讽并没有错。

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I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create.

我必须创造一个体系,否则就会被另一个人奴役;我不会推理和比较:我的工作是创造。

Doubt the conventional wisdom unless you can verify it with reason and experiment.

怀疑传统智慧,除非你能用理性和实验来验证它。

Your memory is a warm stone hidden in my hand I'm always turning over.

你的回忆是一块温暖的石头,藏在我的手里,我总是翻来覆去。

For me, it's an experiment to see what people are gonna think of it.

对我来说,这是一个实验,看看人们会怎么想。