I quite agree with them that it is not an ennobling experience. Poverty entails fear, and stress, and sometimes depression; it means a thousand petty humiliations and hardships. Climbing out of poverty by your own efforts, that is indeed something on which to pride yourself, but poverty itself is romanticised only by fools.
贫穷并不是一种高贵的经历,它带来恐惧、压力、有时还有绝望,它意味着许许多多的羞辱和艰辛。靠自己的努力摆脱贫穷,确实可以引以自豪,但贫穷本身只有对傻瓜而言才是浪漫的。
The key to success is persistence and continuous improvement.
A play is not an essay, nor should it be made into one.
他一直太忙以至于无法生活,现在他太忙以至于无法死去。
Prediction is very difficult, especially about the future.
Writing is a matter of finding a voice to listen to the voices inside you.
我解决的每一个问题都成为后来解决其他问题的规则。