He was a great thundering paradox of a man.

  • -- William Manchester 威廉·曼彻斯特

他是一个非常自相矛盾的人。

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It was such a paradox for me that the only thing I know how to do is act, but that the first thing I abandoned while writing were the characters.

这对我来说是一个悖论,我唯一知道怎么做的就是演戏,但我在写作时放弃的第一件事是角色。

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities.

世界很少像它看起来的那样;对于看不清的人来说,现实是梦,梦是现实。

Men become wise just as they become rich, more by what they save than by what they receive.

人之所以变得聪明,就像他们变得富有一样,更多的是因为他们储蓄了什么,而不是他们得到了什么。

The man who says his evening prayer is a captain posting his sentinels. He can sleep.

说晚祷的人,是派哨兵站岗的船长。他可以睡。

Passion makes idiots of the cleverest men, and makes the biggest idiots clever.

激情使最聪明的人变成傻瓜,也使最大的傻瓜变聪明。

Two paradoxes are better than one; they may even suggest a solution.

两个悖论胜过一个悖论;他们甚至可能提出一个解决方案。