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A short saying often contains much wisdom.

  • -- Sophocles 索福克勒斯

谚语常蕴含智慧。

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There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can't think what to do with the long winter evenings.

成为作家有三个原因:第一，你需要钱;第二，你有话要说，你认为全世界都应该知道;第三，你不知道该拿漫长的冬夜怎么办。

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Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

无论我走到哪里，都会有人问我，我是否认为大学扼杀了作家。我的观点是，他们没有扼杀足够多的。有许多畅销书本可以被一个好老师阻止。

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Short stories consume you faster. They're connected to brevity. With the short story, you are up against mortality. I know how tough they are as a form, but they're also a total joy.

短篇小说消耗你更快。它们与简洁有关。在短篇小说中，你面对的是死亡。我知道他们作为一种形式是多么的艰难，但他们也是一种完全的快乐。

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The present letter is a very long one, simply because I had no leisure to make it shorter.

这封信很长，只是因为我没有时间把它写得短些。

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Our lack of compassion stems from our inability to see deeply into the nature of things.

我们缺乏同情心源于我们无法深入了解事物的本质。

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