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The covers of this book are too far apart.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

这本书的封面相隔太远。

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Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.

虽然有些人说，女人天生就没有能力谨慎行事，或者她们一定要干傻事，但我决不允许这种说法。

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What a book a devil's chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature!

一个魔鬼的牧师会写一本什么样的书来描写大自然那笨拙、浪费、浮躁、低下和可怕而残酷的工作!

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The difference between critics and audiences is that one is a group of humans and one is not.

评论家和观众的区别在于，一个是一群人，另一个不是。

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You know you're getting old when all the names in your black book have M. D. after them.

当你的黑名册上所有的名字后面都有医学博士的名字时，你就知道你老了。

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It was like walking into a treasure trove of books, hoarded by pirate librarians.

这就像走进了一个由海盗图书管理员收藏的藏书库。

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Criticism of others is often a devious assertion of one’s own superiority.

对别人的批评常常是对自己优越性的一种狡诈的断言。

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I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.

我只知道有些故事我想讲。

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So vast is art, so narrow human wit.

艺术是如此博大，人类的智慧是如此狭隘。

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