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I think it better that in times like these a poet's mouth be silent, for in truth we have no gift to set a statesman right.

  • -- William Butler Yeats 叶芝

我认为在这样的时刻，诗人最好保持沉默，因为事实上我们没有能力纠正政治家的错误。

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A statesman who keeps his ear permanently glued to the ground will have neither elegance of posture nor flexibility of movement.

一个政治家如果总是把耳朵贴在地面上，既不会有优雅的姿态，也不会有灵活的行动。

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I don't know whether schooling would have helped me get farther along in music at this time. I doubt it would have.

我不知道当时的学校教育是否有助于我在音乐方面取得更大的进步。我怀疑它不会。

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A disposition to preserve, and an ability to improve, taken together, would be my standard of a statesman.

保持的性格和改进的能力，综合起来，将是我作为一个政治家的标准。

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Life is too short to waste time on books that end badly.

人生苦短，不要把时间浪费在结局糟糕的书上。

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