For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible.

  • -- Arthur Schopenhauer 亚瑟·叔本华

一个作家边写边写,就像他犯了相反的错误一样,应该受到谴责;因为这给他所说的话带来了一种迂腐的效果,同时也使他的话难以理解。

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It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don't be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.

公众应该停止参加这些戏剧、水上表演和野生动物马戏团。关于动物如何快乐和受到良好照顾的花言巧语是谎言。不要被他们左右。这些节目背后的资金是巨大的;他们一点也不好。

People are always warning me that I'm going to burn out. But the truth is, the only thing that tires me out is hearing people tell me that. Opposite shows, opposite coasts, opposite demographics, opposite everything - I love it, man!

人们总是警告我,我要累垮了。但事实是,唯一让我感到厌烦的是听别人这么说。相反的节目,相反的海岸,相反的人口统计,相反的一切——我爱它,伙计!

If we pursue this matter further, we shall be told that the stable object is unchanging under the impact or stress of some particular external or internal variable or, perhaps, that it resists the passage of time.

如果我们进一步研究这个问题,我们将被告知,稳定的物体在某些特定的外部或内部变量的影响或压力下是不变的,或者,也许,它抗拒时间的流逝。

With modeling, you pose. You want to look your best all the time. With acting, you have to be aware of the camera, but the more you show your imperfections, the better you're going to be.

模特,你摆姿势。你想一直保持最佳状态。在演戏的时候,你必须注意镜头,但是你表现得越不完美,你就会变得越好。

There are two Newman's laws. The first one is "It is useless to put on your brakes when you're upside down." The second is "Just when things look darkest, they go black."

有两个纽曼定律。第一个是“当你倒着的时候,踩刹车是没有用的。”第二个是“当事情看起来最黑暗的时候,它们就会变黑。”

Language can only deal meaningfully with a special, restricted segment of reality. The rest, and it is presumably the much larger part, is silence.

语言只能有意义地处理现实中一个特殊的、受限制的部分。剩下的,大概是更大的部分,是沉默。

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

乐观主义者和悲观主义者之间的区别是可笑的。乐观者看到甜甜圈;悲观主义者的洞!

I am a plain man, and I care and know comparatively little about rhetoric.

我是个平实的人,比较不关心也不太懂修辞。

Everything existing in the universe is the fruit of chance and necessity.

宇宙中存在的一切都是偶然和必然的结果。

I'm often accused of being prudish, but the opposite is true.

我经常被指责过于拘谨,但事实恰恰相反。

The man of science is a poor philosopher.

科学家是一个可怜的哲学家。

Finality is not the language of politics.

终结不是政治的语言。