I quote others in order to better express my own self.

  • -- Michel de Montaigne 蒙塔尼米歇尔

我引用别人的话是为了更好地表达我自己。

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I work every day - or at least I force myself into office or room. I may get nothing done, but you don't earn bonuses without putting in time. Nothing may come for three months, but you don't earn the fourth without it.

我每天都在工作——或者至少我强迫自己进入办公室或房间。我可能一事无成,但你不投入时间就不会得到奖金。三个月内可能什么都没有,但没有它,你就赚不到第四笔钱。

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon. You can always do it better, find the exact word, the apt phrase, the leaping simile.

写作的美妙之处在于,你不必像脑外科医生那样,第一次就把事情做好。你总能做得更好,找到准确的词,恰当的短语,跳跃的比喻。

What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

不劳而获地写出来的东西,读起来通常没有乐趣。

I liked myself better when I wasn't me.

当我不是我的时候,我更喜欢我自己。