It is no secret that the fruits of language study are in no sort of relation to the labour spent on teaching and learning them.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

众所周知,语言学习的成果与教授和学习语言的劳动没有任何关系。

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On the whole, the psychological work of the last quarter of the nineteenth century emphasized the study of consciousness to the neglect of the total life of intellect and character.

总的来说,十九世纪最后四分之一世纪的心理学工作强调对意识的研究,而忽视了对智力和性格的整体生活的研究。

Poetry should help, not only to refine the language of the time, but to prevent it from changing too rapidly.

诗歌应该有所帮助,不仅要精炼当时的语言,而且要防止它变化太快。

Study is the bane of childhood, the oil of youth, the indulgence of adulthood, and a restorative in old age

学习是童年的祸根,青春的油,成年的放纵,老年的养生之道

Speech happens to not be his language.

语言碰巧不是他的语言。