When a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world.

  • -- George Steiner 斯坦纳

当一种语言消亡时,一种理解世界的方式也随之消亡,一种看待世界的方式也随之消亡。

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We have now sunk to a depth at which restatement of the obvious is the first duty of intelligent men.

我们现在已经深入到这样一种境界:重述显而易见的东西是聪明人的首要职责。

If tomorrow were never to come, it would not be worth living today.

如果明天永远不会到来,就不值得活在今天。