I have never known a novel that was good enough to be good in spite of its being adapted to the author's political views.

  • -- Edith Wharton 伊迪丝·沃顿

我从未见过一部小说,尽管根据作者的政治观点进行了改编,但仍能写得很好。

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A characteristic of older folksongs, in most cases, is that we don't know their composers or authors. Older folksongs were written often with no commercial purpose in mind. They were passed down by word of mouth, from generation to generation.

在大多数情况下,老民歌的一个特点是我们不知道它们的作曲家或作者。较老的民歌通常没有商业目的。他们是口口相传的,代代相传。

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of his phrases that pass current in the corner of newspapers... but in the number of passages that have really taken root in younger minds.

对一个作家的考验,不只是看他在报纸上发表的文章有多少……但有很多文章真正在年轻人的头脑中扎根。

I am neither bitter nor cynical but I do wish there was less immaturity in political thinking.

我既不刻薄也不愤世嫉俗,但我确实希望政治思维不要那么不成熟。

I'm a little bit of an amateur political junkie.

我是个业余的政治迷。