We make out of the quarrel with others, rhetoric, but of the quarrel with ourselves, poetry.

-- William Butler Yeats 叶芝

我们从与别人的争吵中提炼出来的，是修辞，而从与自己的争吵中提炼出来的，是诗歌。

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Freedom has cost too much blood and agony to be relinquished at the cheap price of rhetoric.

自由已经付出了太多的鲜血和痛苦，不能以廉价的言辞换取自由。

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I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.

简而言之，我把词的诗意定义为美的有节奏的创造。

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If you dispute with me you will only quarrel with your bread and butter.

如果你和我争论，你只会和你的面包和黄油争吵。

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When shepherds quarrel, the wolf has a winning game.

当牧羊人争吵时，狼就赢了。

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Poetry is telling something to someone.

诗歌是告诉某人一些事情。

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