To be a poet is a condition rather than a profession.

  • -- Robert Graves 罗伯特·格雷夫斯

做诗人是一种条件,而不是一种职业。

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The epic poet has behind him a tradition of matter and a tradition of style; and that is what every other poet has behind him too; only, for the epic poet, tradition is rather narrower, rather more strictly compelling.

史诗诗人的背后有着物质的传统和文体的传统;这也是其他所有诗人都有的东西;只是,对于史诗诗人来说,传统要狭隘得多,要严格得多。

There are three subjects on which the knowledge of the medical profession in general is woefully weak; they are manners, morals, and medicine.

有三个学科的医学专业知识普遍薄弱,令人遗憾;它们是礼貌、道德和医学。

How can sincerity be a condition of friendship? A taste for truth at any cost is a passion which spares nothing.

真诚怎么会是友谊的条件呢?不惜一切代价追求真理是一种不惜一切代价的激情。

The human condition today is better than it's ever been, and technology is one of the reasons for that.

今天的人类状况比以往任何时候都要好,而科技是其中一个原因。

No one ever was a great poet, that applied himself much to anything else.

没有一个人是伟大的诗人,他把自己大量的精力用在别的事情上。

Journalism is not just a cause, it's also a wacky profession.

新闻业不仅是一个事业,也是一个古怪的职业。