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But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

但是，教育的力量很少有多大作用，除非是在那些几乎是多余的快乐的性情中。

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In disposition the Negro is joyous, flexible, and indolent; while the many nations which compose this race present a singular diversity of intellectual character, of which the far extreme is the lowest grade of humanity.

在性格上，黑人是快乐的，灵活的，懒惰的;虽然构成这个种族的许多国家具有独特的智力特征，其中最极端的是人类的最低等级。

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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

鉴于外部现实是虚构的，作者的角色几乎是多余的。他不需要虚构，因为小说已经存在了。

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If one has a good disposition, what other virtue is needed? If a man has fame, what is the value of other ornamentation?

如果一个人有良好的性格，还需要什么其他的美德?人若有名声，其馀的妆饰还有什么价值呢?

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Harmony is when the sum is greater than the parts. A happy exaggeration.

和谐是整体大于部分。一个快乐的夸张。

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I was very happily married and never broke my vows.

我的婚姻非常幸福，从未违背过我的誓言。

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