Mark Van Doren
"The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do."
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"The job of the poet is to render the world - to see it and report it without loss, without perversion. No poet ever talks about feelings. Only sentimental people do."
"مهمة الشاعر هي أن يجسّد العالم – أن يراه وينقله دون نقصان، دون تحريف. لا يتحدث أي شاعر عن المشاعر قط. يفعل ذلك فقط أصحاب العاطفة المفرطة."
Mark Van Doren
"The art of teaching is the art of assisting discovery."
"فنّ التعليم هو فنّ إعانة الاكتشاف."
Mark Van Doren
"There is one thing we can do and the happiest people are those who do it to the limit of their ability. We can be completely present. We can be all here. We can ... give all our attention to the opportunity before us."
"هناك أمر واحد بوسعنا فعله، وأسعد الناس هم من يبلغون فيه أقصى مدى قدرتهم: أن نكون حاضرين بكاملنا. أن نكون هنا بكل جوارحنا. أن نمنح كل انتباهنا للفرصة الماثلة أمامنا."
Mark Van Doren
"Wit is the only wall Between us and the dark."
"الذكاء هو الجدار الوحيد بيننا وبين الظلام."
Mark Van Doren
"For Tolstoy . . . anything that human beings do has its glory. . . . I think he can be said to have hated nothing that ever happened."
"بالنسبة لتولستوي... كل ما يفعله البشر له مجده الخاص... وأظن أنه يمكن القول إنه لم يكره شيئًا مما حدث قط."
Mark Van Doren
"Bring ideas in and entertain them royally, for one of them may be the king."
"أدخل الأفكار واستضفها كالملوك، فربما كانت إحداها هي الملك."
Mark Van Doren
"I have always had the greatest respect for students. There is nothing I hate more than condescension—the attitude that they are inferior to you. I always assume they have good minds."
Mark Van Doren
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