And they write innumerable books; being too vain and distracted for silence: seeking every one after his own elevation, and dodging his emptiness.

  • -- T. S. Eliot T.S.艾略特

他们写了无数的书;太骄傲、太分散、不能缄默。各人追求自己的高升、躲避自己的空虚。

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I work every day - or at least I force myself into office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it.

我每天都在工作——或者至少我强迫自己进入办公室或房间。我可能一事无成,但你不投入时间就不会得到奖金。三个月内可能什么都没有,但没有它,你就赚不到第四笔钱。

In the case of good books, the point is not to see how many of them you can get through, but rather how many can get through to you.

就好书而言,重点不是看你能读多少本,而是看你能读多少本。

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

我读得越来越少。我没有原谅书籍,因为它们没有告诉我真相,没有让我快乐。

We should silence anyone who opposes the right to freedom of speech.

我们应该压制任何反对言论自由的人。

Such silence has an actual sound, the sound of disappearance.

这样的寂静有一种真实的声音,消失的声音。

Thought flies and words go on foot.

思想飞,言语走。