Poetry has done enough when it charms, but prose must also convince.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

诗歌的魅力已经足够了,但散文也必须令人信服。

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Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort.

因为,如果一个人今天在写小说,那么专注于散文之美和专注于分号一样,都是白费力气。

Charm is a way of getting the answer yes without asking a clear question.

魅力是一种不用问清楚问题就能得到肯定答案的方法。

Many of today's verses are prose and bad prose.

今天的许多诗歌都是散文和拙劣的散文。