It is unhappily true that much insincere Literature and Art, executed solely with a view to effect, does succeed by deceiving the public.

  • -- George Henry Lewes 乔治·亨利·路易斯

不幸的是,许多不真诚的文学和艺术,仅仅是为了达到目的而进行的,是通过欺骗公众而成功的。

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Great literature must spring from an upheaval in the author's soul. If that upheaval is not present then it must come from the works of any other author which happens to be handy and easily adapted.

伟大的文学必须产生于作者灵魂的剧变。如果这种剧变不存在,那么它一定来自任何其他作者的作品,而这些作品恰好是方便和容易改编的。

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

虚情假意的朋友,比野兽更可怕;野兽可能会伤害你的身体,但一个邪恶的朋友会伤害你的思想。

Nature is trying very hard to make us succeed, but nature does not depend on us. We are not the only experiment.

大自然努力使我们成功,但它并不依赖于我们。我们不是唯一的实验。

The age of chivalry is past. Bores have succeeded to dragons.

骑士精神的时代已经过去了。无聊已经取代了龙。

A hundred "no's" are less painful than one insincere "yes."

一百个“不”比一个不真诚的“是”更让人痛苦。

Literature is the immortality of speech.

文学是不朽的语言。