Any euphemism ceases to be euphemistic after a time and the true meaning begins to show through. It's a losing game, but we keep on trying.

  • -- Joseph Wood Krutch 美国作家克勒奇

一段时间后,任何委婉语都不再是委婉语,真正的含义开始显现出来。这是一场失败的比赛,但我们一直在努力。

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I don't look on poetry as closed works. I feel they're going on all the time in my head and I occasionally snip off a length.

我不认为诗歌是封闭的作品。我觉得他们一直在我的脑海里,我偶尔剪掉一段。

Thought is a strenuous art - few practice it, and then only at rare times.

思想是一门费力的艺术——很少有人去实践它,而且只有在极少数时候才去实践。