The basis of optimism is sheer terror.
乐观的基础是纯粹的恐惧。
智与愚,犹如美与恶的食物,言语的巧拙,不过如杯盘的精粗,不论杯盘精粗,都能盛这两类食物。
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.
The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease; the happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits.