We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

  • -- Cynthia Ozick 辛西娅·奥齐克

我们常常把最值得感恩的事情视为理所当然。

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Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed from one another. The instruction we find in books is like fire. We fetch it from our neighbours, kindle it at home, communicate it to others, and it becomes the prope.

独创性不过是明智的模仿。最具独创性的作家互相借鉴。我们从书中得到的指导就像火一样。我们从邻居那里得到它,在家里点燃它,与他人交流它,它就变成了一个过程。

You really get the most out of sweet corn if you pick the corn off the stalk and rush it to a pot of boiling water. The longer you wait, the more sugar you lose. But if you get it in the first half hour, that is the sweetest corn ever.

如果你把玉米从茎上摘下来,然后把它放到一壶沸水里,你就能充分利用甜玉米。你等的时间越长,你失去的糖就越多。但如果你在半小时内吃到,那是有史以来最甜的玉米。

If you do not wish a man to do a thing, you had better get him to talk about it; for the more men talk, the more likely they are to do nothing else.

如果你不希望一个人做一件事,你最好让他谈谈;因为男人说得越多,他们就越可能无所事事。

In politics people give you what they think you deserve and deny you what they think you want.

在政界,人们给你他们认为你应得的,却否定你他们认为你想要的。

Forgive others, not because they deserve forgiveness, but because you deserve peace.

原谅别人,不是因为他们值得原谅,而是因为你值得和平。

A newspaper is the lowest thing there is.

报纸是最低级的东西。