Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.

  • -- Gore Vidal 戈尔·维达尔

许多作家选择活跃在这个世界上,失去的不是美德,而是时间,失去了文学赖以生存的宁静。

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My favorite subject probably was math. I love math. Figures just intrigue me. I was really good at math. English probably was my worst subject. But I used to write a lot of poetry. I used to write poetry all the time.

我最喜欢的科目可能是数学。我爱数学。我对数字很感兴趣。我数学很好。英语可能是我最糟糕的科目。但是我曾经写过很多诗。我过去常常写诗。

Wherefore when a man giveth out his money upon condition that be may not demand it back until a certain time to come, he certainly may take a compensation for this inconvenience which he admits against himself.

因此,如果一个人把钱给了别人,条件是在一定的时间内不能取回,那么他就一定可以得到他承认对自己造成的不便的补偿。