E. M. Forster never gets any further than warming the teapot. He's a rare fine hand at that. Feel this teapot. Is it not beautifully warm? Yes, but there ain't going to be no tea.

  • -- Katherine Mansfield 凯瑟琳·曼斯菲尔德

福斯特不过是把茶壶暖了暖而已。他在这方面是个罕见的高手。觉得这茶壶。天气不是很暖和吗?是的,但是不会没有茶的。

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Some give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; while others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before.

有些人在接近目标时就放弃了他们的计划;而另一些人则恰恰相反,他们在最后一刻比以往任何时候都更加努力地争取胜利。

Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.

很多人死的时候音乐还在。为什么会这样?通常是因为他们总是在为生活做准备。在他们意识到之前,时间已经不多了。

The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.

老年人对年轻人说话,死人也要对活人说话。

The secret of success is constancy to purpose.

成功的秘诀在于始终如一地忠于目标。