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The degree in which a poet's imagination dominates reality is, in the end, the exact measure of his importance and dignity.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

诗人的想象力支配现实的程度，说到底，正是衡量他的重要性和尊严的准确尺度。

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I decided that it was not wisdom that enabled poets to write their poetry, but a kind of instinct or inspiration, such as you find in seers and prophets who deliver all their sublime messages without knowing in the least what they mean.

我断定，不是智慧使诗人能够写诗，而是一种本能或灵感，就像你在预言家和先知身上看到的那样，他们传达出所有崇高的信息，却一点也不知道它们的意思。

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I have an imagination because my life is so boring that my imagination lets me get off the reality of what's going on.

我有想象力，因为我的生活是如此的无聊，我的想象力让我摆脱了正在发生的事情的现实。

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A poet is a nightingale, who sits in darkness and sings to cheer its own solitude with sweet sounds.

诗人是夜莺，他坐在黑暗中，用甜美的歌声为自己的孤独歌唱。

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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.

晚上，当窗帘拉上，炉火摇曳，我的书获得了集体的尊严。

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Imagination is a poor matter when it has to part company with understanding.

当想象力不得不与理解分开时，它是一件可怜的事情。

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