The epic poet collaborates with the spirit of his time in the composition of his work. That is, if he is successful; the time may refuse to work with him, but he may not refuse to work with his time.

  • -- Lascelles Abercrombie 阿伯克龙比激光束

这位史诗诗人在作品的创作中融入了时代精神。也就是说,如果他成功了;时间可以拒绝和他一起工作,但他不能拒绝和他的时间一起工作。

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We tell lies when we are afraid... afraid of what we don't know, afraid of what others will think, afraid of what will be found out about us. But every time we tell a lie, the thing that we fear grows stronger.

当我们害怕的时候,我们会说谎……害怕我们不知道的,害怕别人会怎么想,害怕我们会被发现。但每一次我们说谎,我们害怕的东西就会变得更强大。

That is to say, epic poetry has been invented many times and independently; but, as the needs which prompted the invention have been broadly similar, so the invention itself has been.

也就是说,史诗被独立地创造了很多次;但是,由于推动这项发明的需求大致相同,所以这项发明本身也是如此。

Having in my life been bitten by the jaws of both victory and defeat, I must rush to add that success is to failure as butter pecan ice cream is to death.

在我的生活中被胜利和失败的双重夹击之后,我必须赶紧补充一句,成功就是失败,就像奶油山核桃冰淇淋就是死亡一样。

So it's hard to be an artist and be true to the reality of the world you want to create and also make it entertaining and successful financially.

所以,要成为一名艺术家,既要真实地展现你想要创造的世界,又要让它具有娱乐性,并在经济上取得成功,是很困难的。

I became quite successful very young, and it was mainly because I was so enthusiastic and I just worked so hard at it.

我很年轻的时候就非常成功,主要是因为我很有热情,我很努力。

Personnel and their capacity for work on their exact jobs is the basic key to income and success.

人员及其从事具体工作的能力是收入和成功的基本关键。

Difficulties are meant to rouse, not discourage. The human spirit is to grow strong by conflict.

困难是用来振奋人心的,而不是用来打击士气的。人类的精神是通过冲突而变得强大。

My restless, roaming spirit would not allow me to remain at home very long.

我不安分的漫游精神不允许我在家里呆很长时间。

If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.

如果史诗是一个明确的物种,那么传奇就不属于它。

Just because you refuse to see something doesn't mean it isn't real.

你拒绝看到某些东西并不意味着它不是真实的。

We're not meant to be perfect. It took me a long time to learn that.

我们注定不是十全十美的。我花了很长时间才学会。