The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.

  • -- Franz Liszt 李斯特

指挥家的主要任务不是把自己暴露在公众面前,而是尽可能地隐藏在自己的职责背后。我们是飞行员,不是仆人。

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Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.

他们中有些人自称对哥伦比亚号的所有主要水域都很熟悉,他们向我保证,除了大海,这些水域没有别的联系。

A funeral eulogy is a belated plea for the defense delivered after the evidence is all in.

葬礼悼词是在证据确凿后为被告辩护的迟来的请求。

I'm not interested in possible complexities. I regard song structure as a graph paper.

我对可能的复杂性不感兴趣。我把歌的结构看作是一张作图纸。

Don't leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.

当有证据的时候,不要把推论留给别人去做。

I felt that it's best just to be as transparent as possible.

我觉得最好是尽可能的透明。

The principal cause of war is war itself.

战争的主要原因是战争本身。