Fame often makes a writer vain, but seldom makes him proud.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

名利常使作家虚荣,但很少使他骄傲。

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If we hope for what we are not likely to possess, we act and think in vain, and make life a greater dream and shadow than it really is.

如果我们希望得到我们不可能拥有的东西,我们的行动和思考都是徒劳的,我们使生活成为一个比实际更伟大的梦想和阴影。

It is a mistake for a sculptor or a painter to speak or write very often about his job. It releases tension needed for his work.

雕刻家或画家经常谈论或写他的作品是错误的。这释放了他工作所需要的紧张情绪。

I have always been a very keen walker, though, and I often took a camera with me on my walks.

尽管如此,我一直是一个非常热衷于散步的人,我经常带着相机散步。

Life and death are important. Don't suffer them in vain.

生与死很重要。不要白白让他们受苦。