The attitude of independence toward a constructed language which all national speakers must adopt is really a great advantage, because it tends to make man see himself as the master of language instead of its obedient servant.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

独立对待一种所有说本国话的人都必须采用的建构语言的态度确实是一个很大的优势,因为它往往使人把自己看作是语言的主人,而不是语言的顺从的仆人。

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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.

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。

Independence is not a whim or an ambition. It is the necessary condition of our survival as an ethnic group.

独立不是一时兴起或雄心壮志。这是我们民族生存的必要条件。

Therapy, as opposed to analysis, is a whole construct of myth, beautiful and creative.

治疗,与分析相反,是一个神话的整体结构,美丽和创造性。

I shall not change my course because those who assume to be better than I desire it.

我不会因为那些自以为比我更优秀的人的要求而改变我的路线。

Finality is not the language of politics.

终结不是政治的语言。