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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A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

一个人永远不应该羞于承认自己犯了错误,这只是在说,换句话说,他今天比昨天更聪明。

The irony is that while God doesn’t need us but still wants us, we desperately need God but don’t really want Him most of the time.

具有讽刺意味的是,虽然上帝不需要我们,但仍然想要我们,我们非常需要上帝,但大多数时候我们并不是真的想要他。

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.

真诚并不总是真实的;相反,错误往往比真理更为严重。

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。

To me - old age is always ten years older than I am.

对我来说,老年总是比我大十岁。

You get ideas from other people all the time.

你总是能从别人那里得到灵感。