A scholar is like a book written in a dead language. It is not every one that can read in it.

  • -- William Hazlitt 威廉·哈兹里特

学者就像一本用死语言写的书。并不是每个人都能读懂。

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We don't just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.

我们不只是借用词语;有时,英语在小巷里追逐其他语言,把它们打得不省力气,搜刮口袋里的新词汇。

Neither Aristotelian nor Russellian rules give the exact logic of any expression of ordinary language; for ordinary language has no exact logic.

亚里士多德和罗素的规则都没有给出任何普通语言表达的确切逻辑;因为普通语言没有确切的逻辑。

The learner always begins by finding fault, but the scholar sees the positive merit in everything.

学习者总是从吹毛求疵开始,而学者总是看到事物积极的一面。

Scholars will argue with each other about everything.

学者们会就每件事争论不休。