Every fact is related on one side to sensation, and, on the other, to morals. The game of thought is, on the appearance of one of these two sides, to find the other: given the upper, to find the under side.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

每一个事实一方面与感觉有关,另一方面又与道德有关。思想的游戏是,在这两方面的一个方面出现后,找到另一个方面:给定上面的一面,找到下面的一面。

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The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.

每一个艺术家的目标都是通过人为的手段来捕捉运动,也就是生命,并把它固定住,这样一百年后,当一个陌生人看到它时,它又动了起来,因为这就是生命。

I would never discourage anyone from doing what it is in life that they want to do. But I would encourage them to find out the pros and cons of anything they become involved in.

我永远不会阻止任何人去做他们想做的事情。但我鼓励他们找出他们参与的任何事情的优缺点。

We all need to look into the dark side of our nature - that's where the energy is, the passion. People are afraid of that because it holds pieces of us we're busy denying.

我们都需要看到我们本性的阴暗面——那就是能量所在,激情所在。人们害怕它,因为它包含了我们忙于否认的部分。

All emotions are pure which gather you and lift you up; that emotion is impure which seizes only one side of your being and so distorts you.

所有的情感都是纯洁的,它们聚集着你,鼓舞着你;这种情感是不纯洁的,它只抓住你存在的一面,因此扭曲了你。

A painter paints the appearance of things, not their objective correctness, in fact he creates new appearances of things.

画家画的是事物的表象,而不是它们客观的正确性,事实上他创造的是事物的新表象。

People will generally accept facts as truth only if the facts agree with what they already believe.

只有当事实与他们已经相信的相一致时,人们才会把事实当作真理来接受。

I find myself sleeping soundly every night because of the thought that i'll see you tomorrow.

我发现自己每天晚上都睡得很好,因为我想到明天会看到你。

In fact, I had previously helped train one of the FBI agents who searched my apartment.

事实上,我曾经帮助训练过一名搜查我公寓的联邦调查局特工。

Imprisoned in every fat man a thin man is wildly signaling to be let out.

囚禁在每个胖子体内的一个瘦子正在疯狂地发出释放的信号。

In fact nothing is said that has not been said before.

事实上,没有什么话是以前没说过的。