Strength of mind rests in sobriety; for this keeps your reason unclouded by passion.

  • -- Pythagoras 毕达哥拉斯

头脑的力量在于清醒;因为这使你的理性不被激情所蒙蔽。

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I think of novels in architectural terms. You have to enter at the gate, and this gate must be constructed in such a way that the reader has immediate confidence in the strength of the building.

我从建筑学的角度来思考小说。你必须从这扇门进去,而且这扇门的构造必须让读者立即对建筑物的强度有信心。

The apple cannot be stuck back on the Tree of Knowledge; once we begin to see, we are doomed and challenged to seek the strength to see more, not less.

苹果不能卡在知识树上;一旦我们开始去看,我们注定要挑战自己去寻找更多而不是更少去看的力量。

Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.

男女之间不可能有友谊。有激情、敌意、崇拜、爱,却没有友谊。

If we seek the pleasures of love, passion should be occasional, and common sense continual.

如果我们追求爱的乐趣,激情应该是偶然的,常识应该是持续的。

I cannot squeeze the stars; but I can squeeze my mind to feel the moon compressed.

我挤不动星星;但我可以挤压我的思想,感觉月亮被压缩。

Private property began the instant somebody had a mind of his own.

一旦有人有了自己的想法,私有财产就开始了。