The more perfect the artist, the more completely separate in him will be the man who suffers and the mind which creates.
艺术家越完美,他身上受苦的人和创造的头脑就越完全分离。
Success is relative: It is what we can make of the mess we have made of things.
成功是相对的:它是我们对自己制造的混乱所能做出的补救。
The only wisdom we can hope to acquire is the wisdom of humility: humility is endless.
我们唯一能希望获得的智慧是谦卑的智慧:谦卑是无止境的。
The historical sense involves a perception, not only of the pastness of the past, but of its presence.
历史感不仅包含对过去之过去的感知,还包含对过去之现在的感知。
There is no method but to be very intelligent.
除了非常聪明之外,别无他法。
Time present and time past are both perhaps present in time future, and time future contained in time past.
现在的时间和过去的时间也许都存在于未来的时间,而未来的时间又包含于过去的时间中。
The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.
死者的交流带着超越生者语言的火舌。
Immature poets imitate; mature poets steal.
不成熟的诗人模仿;成熟的诗人偷窃。
The very existence of libraries affords the best evidence that we may yet have hope for the future of man.
图书馆的存在本身就提供了最好的证据,证明我们对人类的未来仍可抱有希望。
The purpose of literature is to turn blood into ink.
文学的目的是将血液转化为墨水。