Nine times out of ten, in the arts as in life, there is actually no truth to be discovered; there is only error to be exposed.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

十有八九,在艺术和生活中,确实有无真相有待发现;只有错误才会暴露出来。

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I saw Eternity the other night Like a great ring of pure and endless light, All calm, as it was bright, And round beneath it, Time in hours, days, years Driven by the spheres Like a vast shadow moved.

前几天晚上,我看见永恒像一个巨大的光环,纯净而无尽的光,一切都是平静的,因为它是明亮的,在它的下面,时间以小时、日、年为周期,被球体驱动着,像一个巨大的影子在移动。

Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

任何称职的人都会坚持他认为正确的事情,但只有稍微好一点的人才会立即毫无保留地承认自己错了。

Sea Change was so specific. From the beginning it was set what it was going to be. All the other ideas that I had at the time I had to put to the side.

海洋变化是如此具体。从一开始它就被设定好了。我当时所有其他的想法都不得不搁置一边。

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

要保持自己的优势,每十年就要改变一次策略。

Mistakes are a fact of life. It is the response to the error that counts.

错误是生活的事实。重要的是对错误的响应。

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

十个人说话比一万个人沉默更能制造噪音。