A language is a dialect with its own army and navy.

  • -- Max Weinreich 马克斯·温赖奇

一种语言是一种拥有自己的陆军和海军的方言。

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The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should be acquired because we urgently need them -- to convey, to reach, to express something within us, and to understand others.

学习词汇的最后一个动机应该是给人留下深刻印象。语言是需要后天习得的,因为我们迫切需要它们——去传达,去触及,去表达我们内心的某种东西,去理解他人。

The basic tool for the manipulation of reality is the manipulation of words. If you can control the meaning of words, you can control the people who must use the words.

操纵现实的基本工具是操纵文字。如果你能控制词语的意思,你就能控制那些必须使用词语的人。

Man invented language to satisfy his deep need to complain.

人类发明语言是为了满足内心深处的抱怨。

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

生活是一门外语;所有人都读错了。