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Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

我现在看到，一般说来，讽刺是魔鬼的语言;因为这个原因，我早就干脆放弃了。

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Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.

语言学必须认识到在语言中普遍存在的规律，并以严格理性的方式，将普遍现象与局限于语言某一分支的现象区分开来。

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But the general welfare must restrict and regulate the exertions of the individuals, as the individuals must derive a supply of their strength from social power.

但是，公共福利必须限制和规范个人的努力，因为个人必须从社会权力中获得力量的供应。

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Talking is like playing on the harp; there is as much in laying the hands on the strings to stop their vibration as in twanging them to bring out their music.

说话就像弹琴;把双手放在琴弦上以停止琴弦的振动，与拨弄琴弦以奏出音乐一样重要。

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A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.

适度好的东西并不如它应该的那么好。适度的性情总是一种美德;但是原则上适度总是一种恶习。

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The highest form of intelligence is the ability to observe without evaluating.

智力的最高形式是观察而不评价的能力。

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Even if I think in English, it's more a language of acting than French.

即使我认为用英语，它更像是一种表演语言而不是法语。

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I love Latin women, yet for some reason I always wind up with blondes.

我喜欢拉丁女人，但出于某种原因，我总是喜欢金发女郎。

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A good doctor treats both the patient and the disease.

一个好的医生既治疗病人也治疗疾病。

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The devil's name is dullness.

魔鬼的名字叫迟钝。

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Haste is from the Devil.

欲速则不达。

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