A man's life is interesting primarily when he has failed - I well know. For it's a sign that he tried to surpass himself.

一个人的生活之所以有趣，主要是因为他失败了——我很清楚。因为这是他试图超越自己的标志。

A man's work is nothing but this slow trek to rediscover, through the detours of art, those two or three great and simple images in whose presence his heart first opened.

一个人的作品不过是一次缓慢的跋涉，通过艺术的弯路，重新发现那两三个伟大而简单的形象，在他们面前，他的心第一次打开了。

A merry heart makes a long life.

快乐的心使人长寿。

A military life has ever comported with my inclination.

军人的生活总是符合我的意愿。

A mind is like a puzzle; you must unlock it to read its hidden secrets.

头脑就像一个谜;你必须打开它才能阅读它隐藏的秘密。

A mistake isn’t a mistake unless it can’t be put right.

错误不是错误，除非它无法纠正。

A moment can be left inside the memory of time.

一个瞬间可以留在记忆里的时间。

A moment would come, and then another, and then another. These moments would be his life.

一个时刻会到来，然后另一个，然后另一个。这些时刻将是他的生命。

A mortal lives not through that breath that flows in and that flows out. The source of his life is another and this causes the breath to flow.

凡人的生命并不是通过呼入呼出的气息而存在的。他生命的源泉是另一个，这使呼吸流动。

A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.

我将永远是一个游牧民，爱着遥远而未知的地方。

A normal life. Such a simple idea, but it's almost impossible for me to picture.

一个正常的生活。这么简单的想法，但我几乎无法想象。

A novel is never anything but a philosophy expressed in images. And in a good novel the philosophy has disappeared into the images.

小说不过是一种用意象表达的哲学。而在一部优秀的小说中，哲学已经消失在画面中。

A novelist has a specific poetic license which also applies to his own life.

小说家有一种特殊的诗性才能，这也适用于他自己的生活。

A person can succeed at almost anything for which they have unlimited enthusiasm.

只要有无限的热情，一个人几乎可以在任何事情上取得成功。

A person is limited only by the thoughts that he chooses.

一个人只受他所选择的思想的限制。