Does it follow that I reject all authority? Perish the thought. In the matter of boots, I defer to the authority of the boot-maker.

  • -- Mikhail Bakunin 巴枯宁

这是否意味着我拒绝一切权威?打消念头。在靴子的问题上,我听从制鞋商的权威。

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I have trusted to my intuition to find the subjects, and I have written intuitively. I have an idea when I start, I have a shape; but I will fully understand what I have written only after some years.

我相信我的直觉能找到主题,我凭直觉写作。我有一个想法,当我开始,我有一个形状;但只有在几年之后,我才能完全理解我所写的东西。

The ship was masted according to the proportion of the navy; but on my application the masts were shortened, as I thought them too much for her, considering the nature of the voyage.

这艘船是按海军的比例系桅的;但是,考虑到这次航行的性质,我认为桅杆对她来说太短了。

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

作家的目的是防止文明自我毁灭。

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

教育比常备军更能保障自由。

The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.

和其他地方一样,受打击最严重的是那些别无选择的人。

New faces have more authority than accustomed ones.

新面孔比老面孔更有权威。