If names be not correct, language is not in accordance with the truth of things.

  • -- Confucius 孔子

名不正,则言不顺。

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Great art speaks a language which every intelligent person can understand. The people who call themselves modernists today speak a different language.

伟大的艺术讲的是每一个聪明人都能理解的语言。今天自称现代主义者的人说的是另一种语言。

No language is rude that can boast polite writers.

没有哪一种语言是粗鲁的,却能以作家的彬彬有礼为荣。