A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
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A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.
一部小说在一些真实的印象和许多虚假的印象之间取得平衡，而这些印象构成了我们所说的生活的大部分。
There have been few things in my life which have had a more genial effect on my mind than the possession of a piece of land.
在我的一生中，很少有什么事情比拥有一块土地对我的心灵产生更亲切的影响。
I go through major crises every few months, but then I have great peaks of belief and creativity. I'm a weird kind of animal.
我每隔几个月就会经历一次重大危机，但随后我的信念和创造力就会达到顶峰。我是一种奇怪的动物。
When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.
当我踢球的时候，我受到了种族歧视，但我只是少数黑人球员之一，我们没有得到官方的支持。
It's always good to win a Test match and if you win it comfortably, it can leave a few psychological marks on opposition sides.
赢得一场测试赛总是好的，如果你轻松获胜，它会在对手身上留下一些心理痕迹。
With the super-wealthy, I think what a lot of them want isn't things, it's experiences. Preferably ones that few people can have.
对于超级富豪，我认为他们中的很多人想要的不是东西，而是经历。最好是那些很少人能拥有的。
There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.
最后只有几个故事可以讲，背叛和爱情的失败就是其中一个好故事。
The artist's world is limitless. It can be found anywhere, far from where he lives or a few feet away. It is always on his doorstep.
艺术家的世界是无限的。它可以在任何地方找到，远离他住的地方或几英尺远。它总是在他的门阶上。
Day and night are linked in a way that few things are; there cannot be one without the other, yet they cannot exist at the same time.
白天和黑夜以一种少有的方式联系在一起;一个不可能没有另一个，但它们不可能同时存在。
As great minds have the faculty of saying a great deal in a few words, so lesser minds have a talent of talking much, and saying nothing.
正如伟大的人有能力用几句话说很多东西一样，平庸的人也有一种天赋，那就是多说，少说。
After the advent of the written word, the masses who could not - or were not permitted to - read, were given sermons by the few who could.
文字出现后，不能或不被允许阅读的大众，由少数能阅读的人来布道。
On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred, five hundred? had become precisely that... Masters of the Universe.
在华尔街，他和其他一些人——有多少人?三百，四百，五百?恰恰变成了……宇宙的主人。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
I do send out information about my books. Very few people buy the books that way, but I always feel that if they want to know more about the process, they can get the information from my books.
我确实发送关于我的书的信息。很少有人这样买书，但我总是觉得如果他们想要了解更多的过程，他们可以从我的书中得到信息。
It was only a few years ago that I couldn't get hired to save my life.
就在几年前，我还没被雇来救我的命。
All men commend patience, although few are willing to practice it.
所有的人都赞扬耐心，尽管很少有人愿意实践它。
Many men are contemptuous of riches; few can give them away.
许多人轻视财富;很少有人能把它们送人。
Economic chasm between people is something that is of interest to me. And something that I used to write about even as a child. It's something I've revisited a few times in my writings.
我对人与人之间的经济鸿沟很感兴趣。这是我小时候写的东西。在我的写作中，我曾多次重温这一点。
Very few fighters get the consideration of racehorses, which are put out to pasture to grow old with dignity and comfort when they haven't got it anymore.
很少有战士会考虑到赛马的问题，当他们没有马的时候，就会被放到牧场上，带着尊严和舒适地老去。