Almost all of our relationships begin and most of them continue as forms of mutual exploitation, a mental or physical barter, to be terminated when one or both parties run out of goods.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

几乎我们所有的关系都是从相互剥削开始的,其中大多数都是作为一种精神或物质交换的形式继续存在的,当一方或双方的货物用完时,这种关系就会终止。

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I wasn't political enough to write articles about myself or go to cocktail parties, meaning that not only has my art been pirated and my intellectual property rights stolen, but my work has been misrepresented.

我没有足够的政治背景来写关于我自己的文章或参加鸡尾酒会,这意味着我的艺术不仅被盗版,我的知识产权被窃取,我的作品也被歪曲了。

To illustrate to the Indians the advantages the white race had in the telephone I divided a body of warriors from Sitting Bull's camp into two parties and had them talk to each other over the telephone line.

为了向印第安人说明白人在电话中的优势,我把坐着的公牛队的一群战士分成两派,让他们通过电话互相交谈。

Things derive their being and nature by mutual dependence and are nothing in themselves.

事物的存在和本性是相互依存的,它们自身是虚无的。

Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect.

自由与相互尊重相辅相成。