a novel is a mirror walking along a main road .( stendhcl , french writer ) 一部小說猶如一面在大街上走的鏡子。 (法國作家 司湯達)
art is a lie that tells the truth .( picasso , spanish painter ) 美術是揭示真理的謊言。 (西班牙畫家 畢卡索)
humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (mark twain , american novelist ) 幽默被人正確地解釋為“以誠摯表達感受，寓深思於嬉笑”。(美國小說家 馬克•吐溫)
the decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.( johan wolfgang von goethe , german poet ) 文學的衰落表明一個民族的衰落。這兩者走下坡路的時間是齊頭並進的。(德國詩人 歌德 . j . w .)
when one loves one’s art no service seems too hard. (o.henry, american novelist)一旦 熱愛藝術，什麼奉獻也不難。(美國小說家 歐·享利)
a great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight (p.b.shelley, british poet)偉大的詩篇即是永遠噴出智慧和歡欣之水的噴泉。(英國詩人 雪萊 p b)
a novel is a mirror walking along a main road. (stendhcl,french writer)一部小說猶如一面在大街上走的鏡子。(法國作家 司湯達)
a picture is a poem without words. (horace, ancient roman poet)一幅畫是一首沒有文字的詩歌。(古羅馬詩人 賀拉斯)
a poet is a man who puts up a ladder to a star and climbs it while playing a violin. (e.de goncourt, french writer)詩人是這樣的人，他架起通向星星的梯子——一邊爬梯子一邊拉提琴。(法國作家 龔古爾 e)
a poet is born, not made. (l.a.florus, ancient roman poet)詩人靠天分，不是靠培養。(古羅馬詩人 弗洛魯 l a)
any one who conducts an argument by appealing to authourity is not using his intelligence; he is just using his memory. (da vinci, italian painter)一個借著引經據典來辯論的人，不是在運用自己的才智，他是在運用自己的記憶力。(義大利畫家 達·芬奇)