No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

一段时间后,没有一个故事对我们来说是相同的;或者更确切地说,我们读它的人不再是相同的翻译。

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One measure of a civilization, either of an age or of a single individual, is what that age or person really wishes to do. A man's hope measures his civilization. The attainability of the hope measures, or may measure, the civilization of his nation and time.

衡量一个文明,无论是一个时代还是一个个体,都要看这个时代或这个人真正想做什么。一个人的希望衡量他的文明程度。希望的实现程度可以衡量,或者可以衡量他的民族和时代的文明程度。

I was never very good at exams, having a poor memory and finding the examination process rather artificial, and there never seemed to be enough time to follow up things that really interested me.

我从来都不擅长考试,记忆力差,觉得考试过程很做作,似乎从来没有足够的时间来跟进我真正感兴趣的事情。

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

每一个福尔摩斯的故事都至少有一个精彩的场景。

Every love story needs a catalyst of some sort.

每个爱情故事都需要某种催化剂。