Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought.

Man cannot produce a single work without the assistance of the slow, assiduous, corrosive worm of thought.

没有思想这条缓慢的、孜孜不倦的、具有腐蚀性的蠕虫的帮助，人是无法完成一项工作的。

-- Eugenio Montale 蒙塔莱