To be exempt from the Passions with which others are tormented, is the only pleasing Solitude.

  • -- Richard Steele 斯蒂尔

唯一令人愉快的孤独是不受他人痛苦的激情的折磨。

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Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.

写作是一项孤独的职业。家庭、朋友和社会是作家的天敌。如果他想要维持并完成一项事业,他必须是一个人,不受打扰,有点野蛮。

Half the pleasure of solitude comes from having with us some friend to whom we can say how sweet solitude is.

独处的一半乐趣来自于和一些朋友在一起,我们可以说孤独是多么甜蜜。