The attempt to devote oneself to literature alone is a most deceptive thing, and often, paradoxically, it is literature that suffers for it.

  • -- Vaclav Havel 瓦茨拉夫·哈维尔

试图把自己完全奉献给文学是最具欺骗性的事情,而且往往是自相矛盾的,是文学为之受苦。

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A silent man is easily reputed wise. A man who suffers none to see him in the common jostle and undress of life, easily gathers round him a mysterious veil of unknown sanctity, and men honor him for a saint. The unknown is always wonderful.

沉默的人容易被认为是智者。如果一个人不愿意让别人看见他在日常生活中挤来挤去,不愿脱下外衣,那么他很容易就会被一层神秘的、不为人知的圣洁的面纱所笼罩,人们就会把他当作圣人来尊敬他。

Science without respect for human life is degrading to us all and reflects a hollow and deceptive philosophy, a philosophy that we as a people should never condone.

不尊重人类生命的科学正在贬低我们所有人,它反映了一种空洞和欺骗的哲学,一种我们作为一个民族永远不应宽恕的哲学。

Fame is something I think happens as a result of trying to do good work. If you're trying to be famous, your work usually suffers.

我认为成名是努力做好工作的结果。如果你想出名,你的工作通常会受到影响。