Literature

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Writing is not literature unless it gives to the reader a pleasure which arises not only from the things said，but from the way in which they are said．

——Brooke

写作不能算作文学，除非它写出的事实使读者感到有趣，而且写作手法也是感人的．

——布鲁克

Literature is the art of writing something that will be said twice．

——Cyril Connolly

文学是一种写作的艺术，它写的东西可以重读一遍。

——西里尔·康罗里

Never pursue literature as a trade．

——Coleridge

不要把文学当作一门生意。

——柯勒律治

The power of French literature is in its prose writers；the power of English literature is in its poets．

——Mathew Arnold

法国文学的力量在于它的散文作家，英国文学的力量则在诗歌。

——马太·阿诺德

Literature is the fruit of thinking souls．

——Carlyle

文学是灵魂思考的结果。

——卡莱尔

The great standard of literature as to purity and exactness of style is the Bible．

——Blair

就文体的纯洁和准确而论，《圣经》当推文学中伟大的标准。

——布莱尔

National literature begins with fables and ends with novels．

——Joubert

一个国家的文学始于寓言，终于小说。

——朱伯尔

The decline of literature indicates the decline of the nation．The two keep pace in their downward tendency．

——Goethe

文学的衰落指明这个国家的衰落。

两者以同一步伐走向下坡路。

——歌德

To turn events into ideas is the function of literature．

——George Santayana

变事实为思想是文学的功能。

——乔治·桑塔亚那

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature．

——Henry James

需要大量的史实才能创作一件小小的文学作品。

——亨利·詹姆斯

Literature———the most seductive，the most deceiving，the most dangerous of profession．

——John Morley

文学——一切职业中最引诱人的，最带欺骗性的，也是最危险的。

——约翰·莫利

Life comes before literature，as the material always comes before the work。The hills are full of marble before the world bloom with statues．

——Philips Brooke

生活先于文学，正如材料先于产品。

在世上拥有大量雕像之前，山中已藏有大理石了。

——菲利普斯·布鲁克斯

Literature exists to please——to lighten the burden of men’s lives；to make them for a short while forget their sorrows and their sins，their silenced hearts，their disappointed hopes，their grim future——and those men of letters are the best loved who have best performed literature’s truest office．

——Unknown

文学是为娱乐人而存在的：它减轻人们生活的重担，使他们暂时忘记他们的愁苦和失误，忘记他们沉默的心、失掉的希望和灰暗的将来。

文学家是最能执行这个任务和最受人爱戴的人。

——佚名

Literature must be an analysis of experience and a synthesis of the findings into a unity．

——Rebecca West

文学应该是经验的分析和发现的综合这两者的结合体。

——丽贝卡·韦斯特

Literature always anticipates life．It does not copy it，but moulds it to its purpose．

——Wilde

文学并不预测人生，它也不抄袭它，而是把它置于达到它目的的模型中。

——王尔德

The“greatness”of literature cannot be determined solely by literary standards though we must remember that whether it is literature or not can be determined only by literary standard．

——Thomas Eliot

文学之伟大并不取决于文学的标准，尽管我们必须记住文学之所以为文学仅仅取决于文学的标准。

——托马斯·爱略特

It is in literature that the concrete outlook of humanity receives its expression．

——Alfred Whitehead

通过文学，具体的人生观可以得到表现．

——阿尔弗雷德·怀特海

A true classic is an author who has enriched the human mind，augumented its treasure，and made it advance a step．

——Sainte Bevoe

一个真正的古典作家能够丰富人的头脑，增加它的财富，并使它前进一步。

——森提·彼伏

Literature exists for the sake of the people——to refresh the weary，to console the sad，to hearten the dull and downcast，to increase man’s interest in the world，his joy of living，and his sympathy in all sorts and conditions of man．

——Manton

文学是为人民而存在的，它使倦怠者获得精神，悲苦者得到安慰，沮丧者受到鼓舞，它促进人们对于世界的兴趣，对于生之欢娱以及对各式各样人物的同情．

——曼顿

There is first the literature of knowledge，and secondly，the literature of power．The function of the first is——teach；the function of the second is——to move；the first is rudder，the second an oar or a sail．The first speaks to the mere discursive understanding；the second speaks ultimately，it may happen，to the higher understanding of reason．

——De Quincey

首先是知识的文学，其次是力量的文学；前者的功能是诲人，后者的功能是感人；前者是舵，后者是桨或帆。

前者涉及推理的理解，后者归根到底涉及理性的高级了解阶段。

——笛昆西