Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished.

  • -- William Wordsworth 威廉·华兹华斯

每一位伟大而有创见的作家,他的伟大而有创见之处与他的创见成正比,他自己也必须创造出他所要享受的趣味。

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If a man means his writing seriously, he must mean to write well. But how can he write well until he learns to see what he has written badly. His progress toward good writing and his recognition of bad writing are bound to unfold at something like the same rate.

如果一个人认真对待他的写作,他一定要把它写好。但是他怎么能写得好,直到他学会看他写得不好。他在写作上的进步,以及对糟糕作品的认知,必然会以同样的速度展开。

The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it.

移动的手指写字,写字的人继续写。你的全部虔诚和你的全部智慧,也不能抵消它的一半。