The only sin is ugliness, and if we believed this with all our being, all other activities of the human spirit could be left to take care of themselves.

  • -- Herbert Read 赫伯特·里德

唯一的罪恶是丑陋,如果我们全心相信这一点,人类精神的所有其他活动都可以自行解决。

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Sin is the Monster we love to deny. It is crouching at the door and it wants you, but you must overcome it.

罪是我们喜欢否认的怪物。它蹲在门口想要你,但你必须克服它。

In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness.

在家具方面,我发现某种程度上不丑比丑更糟。

The world is a liar. Its ugliness is overwhelming; the scraps of beauty make it worse.

世界是个骗子。它的丑陋是压倒性的;美丽的碎片使它变得更糟。

I like the word 'indolence'. It makes my laziness seem classy.

我喜欢“懒惰”这个词。这让我的懒惰看起来很有品位。