优文网

The North African mule talks always of his mother's brother, the horse, but never of his father, the donkey, in favor of others supposedly more reputable.

  • -- Clifford Geertz 吉尔兹

北非的骡子总是谈论他母亲的兄弟马，但从不谈论他的父亲驴，而更喜欢那些据说更有名望的人。

标签

African Favor

相关名言

Because the mask is your face, the face is a mask, so I'm thinking of the face as a mask because of the way I see faces is coming from an African vision of the mask which is the thing that we carry around with us, it is our presentation, it's our front, it's our face.

因为面具脸,脸是一个面具,我想脸上的面具,因为我看到面临来自非洲的面具是我们随身携带的东西,它是我们的演示,我们的面前,这是我们的脸。

阅读 +

For us Africans, literature must serve a purpose: to expose, embarrass, and fight corruption and authoritarianism. It is understandable why the African artist is utilitarian.

对我们非洲人来说，文学必须有一个目的:揭露、羞辱和打击腐败和威权主义。非洲艺术家的功利主义是可以理解的。

阅读 +

I have friends in overalls whose friendship I would not swap for the favor of the kings of the world.

我有穿工作服的朋友，我不会用他们的友谊来换取世界各国国王的青睐。

阅读 +

Do your kids a favor - don't have any.

帮你的孩子一个忙——不要给他们。

阅读 +

热门话题