奥利夫·施莱纳

　 　 奥利弗·施莱纳是南非作家、反战活动家和知识分子。她今天最受人怀念的是她的小说《非洲农场的故事》，这本小说广受好评。它大胆地处理了诸如不可知论、存在主义、个人主义、女性的职业抱负、以及女性的自由主义等当代问题。

奥利夫·施莱纳(Olive Schreiner)名言

There was never a great man who had not a great mother.

从来没有一个伟大的人没有一个伟大的母亲.

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Our fathers had their dreams; we have ours; the generation that follows will have its own. Without dreams and phantoms man cannot exist.

我们的祖宗有梦想. 我们有我们的； 随后的一代将拥有自己的一代. 没有梦想和幻影，人就不会存在.

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No good work is ever done while the heart is hot and anxious and fretted.

当心脏灼热，焦虑和烦躁时，没有任何好的工作会完成.

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It is finer to bring one noble human being into the world and rear it well... than to kill ten thousand.

将一个贵族带入世界并进行良好养育比杀死一万个更好.

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Power! Did you ever hear of men being asked whether other souls should have power or not? It is born in them.

功率！ 您是否听说过有人问别人是否应该拥有力量？ 它诞生于他们.

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We were equals once when we lay new-born babes on our nurse's knees. We will be equal again when they tie up our jaws for the last sleep.

当我们把新生婴儿放在护士的膝盖上时，我们是平等的. 当他们为下一次睡眠而束缚我们的下巴时，我们将再次平等.

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How hard it is to make your thoughts look anything but imbecile fools when you paint them with ink on paper.

当用墨水在纸上画画时，使自己的想法看起来变得很困难，除了愚蠢的傻瓜.

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Perhaps the old monks were right when they tried to root love out; perhaps the poets are right when they try to water it. It is a blood-red flower, with the color of sin; but there is always the scent of a god about it.

当古老的僧侣试图根除爱情时，也许是对的. 也许诗人在尝试浇水时是对的. 它是一朵血红色的花，有罪的色彩. 但总是有上帝的气味.

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