移动的手指在书写;写下了,就继续前行:你的虔诚或智慧都无法引诱它回来取消半行,你的泪水也无法洗去一个字。
The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line, Nor all thy Tears wash out a Word of it.
The dominant kind of snobbery that exists nowadays is job snobbery. You encounter it within minutes at a party, when you get asked that famous iconic question of the early 21st century, "What do you do?" According to how you answer that question, people are either incredibly delighted to see you, or look at their watch and make their excuses.
The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that your very existence is an act of rebellion.