An author who speaks about their own books is almost as bad as a mother who speaks about her own children.

  • -- Benjamin Disraeli 本杰明·迪斯雷利

一个作家谈论自己的书就像一个母亲谈论自己的孩子一样糟糕。

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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 first lie of fiction is that the author gives some order to the chaos of life: chronological order, or whatever order the author chooses.

小说的第一个谎言是作者给混乱的生活安排了秩序:时间顺序,或者作者选择的任何顺序。

Falsehood is the Devil's daughter, and speaks her father's tongue.

谎言是魔鬼的女儿,说的是她父亲的舌头。

He that speaks much, is much mistaken.

说得多的人大错特错。