Poetry is one of the destinies of speech... One would say that the poetic image, in its newness, opens a future to language.

  • -- Gaston Bachelard 巴什拉

诗歌是语言的命运之一……有人会说,诗意的意象,就其新颖性而言,为语言打开了一个未来。

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Sometimes I know the meaning of a word but am tired of it and feel the need for an unfamiliar, especially precise or poetic term, perhaps one with a nuance that flatters my readership's exquisite sensitivity.

有时我知道一个词的意思,但我已经厌倦了它,觉得需要一个不熟悉的,特别精确或诗意的词,也许一个细微的差别,以迎合我的读者细腻的敏感性。

They cannot make it say what they want it to say. And this is the beginning and the end of the case for retaining the old language: If the churches give it up, who will remember how to say what is said?

他们不能让它说他们想说的话。这就是保持旧语言的开始和结束:如果教会放弃了它,谁会记得该怎么说呢?

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.

说话习惯的共同性和连续性是智力缺陷的一种症状。它源于不知道别人在想什么。

Silence is the language of god, all else is poor translation.

沉默是上帝的语言,其他一切都是拙劣的翻译。

There may be more poetry than justice in poetic justice.

诗的正义可能比正义更多。

Speech is the small change of silence.

言语是沉默的微小变化。