A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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Love will draw an elephant through a key-hole.
爱情会把大象从钥匙孔里拉出来。
I have been no more than a medium, as it were.
可以说，我只不过是一个媒介。
There is no sadder sight than a young pessimist.
没有什么比一个年轻的悲观主义者更悲哀的了。
I believe in me more than anything in this world.
在这个世界上，我最相信自己。
Be of love a little more careful than of anything.
对爱要比对任何事都谨慎一点。
Life imitates art far more than art imitates Life.
生活模仿艺术远远超过艺术模仿生活。
To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.
对我来说，老年总是比我大十岁。
It is much more secure to be feared than to be loved.
害怕比被爱安全得多。
Start with what is right rather than what is acceptable.
从正确的开始，而不是从可以接受的开始。
Pictures deface walls more often than they decorate them.
图画破坏墙壁的次数比装饰墙壁的次数要多。
It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend.
宽恕敌人比宽恕朋友容易。
It is better to be feared than loved, if you cannot be both.
如果你不能同时拥有恐惧和爱，那么被恐惧好过被爱。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.
统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎，但他承认，在分析中，有些数据也站不住脚。
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.
我的想象中没有比继续为艺术而活更美好的幸福了。
In art the hand can never execute anything higher than the heart can imagine.
在艺术中，手永远不能执行高于心所能想象的任何事情。
There hardly can be a greater difference between any two men, than there too often is, between the same man, a lover and a husband.
任何两个人之间的差别，都不可能比同一个人、情人和丈夫之间的差别更大。
We've put more effort into helping folks reach old age than into helping them enjoy it.
我们把更多的精力放在帮助人们进入老年，而不是帮助他们享受老年生活。
All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.
我想指出的是，生活模仿艺术远远超过艺术模仿生活的一般原则。