a novel is a mirror walking along a main road .( stendhcl , french writer ) 一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。 (法国作家 司汤达)
art is a lie that tells the truth .( picasso , spanish painter ) 美术是揭示真理的谎言。 (西班牙画家 毕卡索)
humor has been well defined as thinking in fun while feeling in earnest. (mark twain , american novelist ) 幽默被人正确地解释为“以诚挚表达感受，寓深思于嬉笑”。(美国小说家 马克•吐温)
the decline of literature indicates the decline of a nation ; the two keep in their downward tendency.( johan wolfgang von goethe , german poet ) 文学的衰落表明一个民族的衰落。这两者走下坡路的时间是齐头并进的。(德国诗人 歌德 . j . w .)
when one loves one’s art no service seems too hard. (o.henry, american novelist)一旦 热爱艺术，什么奉献也不难。(美国小说家 欧·享利)
a great poem is a fountain forever overflowing with the waters of wisdom and delight (p.b.shelley, british poet)伟大的诗篇即是永远喷出智慧和欢欣之水的喷泉。(英国诗人 雪莱 p b)
a novel is a mirror walking along a main road. (stendhcl,french writer)一部小说犹如一面在大街上走的镜子。(法国作家 司汤达)
a picture is a poem without words. (horace, ancient roman poet)一幅画是一首没有文字的诗歌。(古罗马诗人 贺拉斯)
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)诗人是这样的人，他架起通向星星的梯子——一边爬梯子一边拉提琴。(法国作家 龚古尔 e)
a poet is born, not made. (l.a.florus, ancient roman poet)诗人靠天分，不是靠培养。(古罗马诗人 弗洛鲁 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)一个借着引经据典来辩论的人，不是在运用自己的才智，他是在运用自己的记忆力。(义大利画家 达·芬奇)