"The advantage of poetry over life is that poetry, if it is sharp enough, may last."
诗歌优于生活的地方在于,如果它足够尖锐,可能会持久。
The melancholy science from which I make this offering to my friend relates to a region that from time immemorial was regarded as the true field of philosophy, but which, since the latter's conversion into method, has lapsed into intellectual neglect, sententious whimsy, and finally oblivion.
选拔天下的人才,使他们胜任各自的职位
The act of writing is an act of resistance.
If your art doesn’t challenge you, it won’t challenge anyone else.