No language is rude that can boast polite writers.

  • -- Aubrey Beardsley 奥布里·比尔兹利

没有哪一种语言是粗鲁的,却能以作家的彬彬有礼为荣。

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A common creation demands a common sacrifice, and perhaps not the least potent argument in favour of a constructed international language is the fact that it is equally foreign, or apparently so, to the traditions of all nationalities.

一种共同的创造需要共同的牺牲,也许支持一种建构的国际语言的最有力的论据是,它对所有民族的传统都是同样陌生的,或者显然是如此。

Share what you like and don’t pretend to like things you don’t. There are many ways to be honest but polite.

分享你喜欢的东西,不要假装喜欢你不喜欢的东西。有很多方法可以做到诚实但有礼貌。

I love to create interesting textures with language. You can do it as long as it seems like a discovery.

我喜欢用语言创造有趣的纹理。只要看起来像是一个发现,你就能做到。

Luck stops at the door and inquires whether prudence is within.

幸运停在门口,问普律当丝是否在里面。

Luck taps at the door and inquires whether prudence is within.

幸运敲了敲门,问普律当丝是否在里面。

Discretion is the polite word for hypocrisy.

谨慎是伪善的礼貌用语。