That pleasure which is at once the most pure, the most elevating and the most intense, is derived, I maintain, from the contemplation of the beautiful.

  • -- Edgar Allan Poe 埃德加·艾伦·坡

我坚持认为,那种最纯洁、最高尚、最强烈的快乐,来自对美的沉思。

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The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process of elimination.

雕刻家通过凿掉大理石中不需要的部分来雕刻出美丽的雕像,这是一个淘汰的过程。

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.

但是主动编程包括新程序的设计,而不是对旧程序的思考。

Contemplation and wisdom are highest achievements and man is not totally at home with them.

沉思和智慧是最高的成就,人类并不完全适应它们。

Kisses, even to the air, are beautiful.

亲吻,即使对着空气,也是美丽的。