A short saying often contains much wisdom.

  • -- Sophocles 索福克勒斯

谚语常蕴含智慧。

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Given the brevity of our time here, it does seem likely that our species, too, must have at best a blinkered understanding of the shape of things, the import of certain events and what distinguishes 'good' from 'bad' luck.

考虑到我们在这里的时间很短,我们人类似乎也只能对事物的形状、某些事件的重要性以及“好”与“坏”运气的区别有一个狭隘的理解。

They're fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

作家们,他们喜欢谈论自己。如果我必须给年轻作家一些建议,我会说不要听作家谈论写作或他们自己。

It is an old error of man to forget to put quotation marks where he borrows from a woman's brain!

这是一个老错误的男人忘记把引号放在哪里,他借用了一个女人的大脑!

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

他把自己裹在语录里——就像一个乞丐把自己裹在皇帝的紫色衣服里一样。

Brevity is the best recommendation of speech, whether in a senator or an orator.

无论是参议员还是演说家,言简意赅都是最好的推荐。

Get black on white.

黑白颠倒。