Oxford is Oxford: not a mere receptacle for youth, like Cambridge. Perhaps it wants its inmates to love it rather than to love one another.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

牛津就是牛津:不像剑桥,它不仅仅是年轻人的聚集地。也许它想让它的囚犯爱它,而不是彼此相爱。

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There is a price for popularity. Critics look for your weaknesses, your flaws, anything that makes the work seem like a fluke and not seem worthy of all the attention it's getting.

受欢迎是有代价的。批评家会寻找你的弱点,你的缺点,任何让你的作品看起来像侥幸而不值得所有关注的东西。

I wonder anybody does anything at Oxford but dream and remember, the place is so beautiful. One almost expects the people to sing instead of speaking. It is all like an opera.

我想知道在牛津,除了梦想和记住,还有人在做什么,那地方太美了。人们几乎期望人们唱歌而不是说话。这就像一出歌剧。

Journalism is popular, but it is popular mainly as fiction. Life is one world, and life seen in the newspapers is another.

新闻是受欢迎的,但它主要是作为小说而受欢迎。生活是一个世界,报纸上看到的生活是另一个世界。

Oxford, the paradise of dead philosophies.

牛津,死亡哲学的天堂。