The genius of the Spanish people is exquisitely subtle, without being at all acute; hence there is so much humour and so little wit in their literature.

  • -- Samuel Taylor Coleridge 柯勒律治

西班牙人民的天才是非常微妙的,但一点也不敏锐;因此,他们的文学作品充满了幽默,却缺乏智慧。

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If I were to name my favorite pastime, I'd have to say talking about myself. I love it and I think most other people do too. We need, people like us, more listeners and less talkers.

如果要我说出我最喜欢的消遣方式,我得说的是谈论我自己。我喜欢它,我想大多数人也喜欢。我们需要像我们这样的人,有更多的倾听者,少说空话。

The public knows that human beings are fallible. Only people blinded by ideology fall into the trap of believing in their own infallibility.

公众知道人类是容易犯错的。只有被意识形态蒙蔽了双眼的人才会落入相信自己绝对正确的陷阱。