They are at the end of the gallery; retired to their tea and scandal, according to their ancient custom.

  • -- William Congreve 康格里夫

它们在走廊的尽头;按照他们古老的习俗,退休后他们喝茶,谈情说爱。

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The Language Poets are writing only about language itself. The Ashbery poets are writing only about poetry itself. That seems to me a kind of dead end.

语言诗人只写语言本身。阿什伯里的诗人只写诗本身。在我看来,这似乎是一条死胡同。

The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.

古希腊人注意到一个四肢伸展的人画了一个圆圈,他的肚脐为中心。

The ancients understood the regulation of power better than the regulation of liberty.

古人对权力的规定比对自由的规定更了解。

Who would have thought it would end up like this?

谁会想到会这样呢?