Language is a form of human reason, which has its internal logic of which man knows nothing.

  • -- Claude Levi-Strauss 斯特劳斯

语言是人类理性的一种形式,它具有人类一无所知的内在逻辑。

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If someone wants to sticker a record for whatever reason, that's fine. But once it affects someone's opportunity to, you know, get that record, then I have a problem with it.

如果有人因为某种原因想贴一张唱片,那也没关系。但一旦它影响到某人获得那张唱片的机会,那我就有问题了。

The savior who wants to turn men into angels is as much a hater of human nature as the totalitarian despot who wants to turn them into puppets.

救世主想把人变成天使,就像极权暴君想把人变成傀儡一样,是人性的憎恨者。

In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason.

事实上,如果一个人的美德不是由他自己的理性所产生的,那么把他称为有德之人就是一场闹剧。

No human creature can give orders to love.

没有人能给爱情下命令。