Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

任何人都能讲真话,但只有很少的人能讲警句。

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Our live experiences, fixed in aphorisms, stiffen into cold epigrams. Our heart's blood, as we write it, turns to mere dull ink.

我们的生活经验,固定在格言中,僵化成冰冷的警句。当我们写的时候,我们的心的血变成了暗淡的墨水。

I grew up in a time when it would never have occurred to anyone to tell me there was anything I couldn't do.

在我成长的年代,从来不会有人告诉我有什么是我做不到的。

If you deserve commitment from anyone it's yourself.

如果你值得别人的承诺,那就是你自己。