Historian: an unsuccessful novelist.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

历史学家:不成功的小说家。

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As a novelist, I suppose I can say that I'm highly articulate. But I know, as a person, in other ways, I'm not always articulate. I think we are all, from time to time, inarticulate, at some level, about some things.

作为一个小说家,我想我可以说我的表达能力很强。但我知道,作为一个人,在其他方面,我并不总是能言善辩。我认为,在某种程度上,我们有时,对某些事情都是口齿不清的。

If you think about it, the historian's task is like that of the detective.

仔细想想,历史学家的任务就像侦探的任务。

The function of the novelist... is to comment upon life as he sees it.

小说家的作用……就是以他的眼光来评价生活。

Historian - a broad-gauge gossip.

历史学家——广泛的八卦。