He that will write well in any tongue, must follow this counsel of Aristotle, to speak as the common people do, to think as wise men do: and so should every man understand him, and the judgment of wise men allow him.

  • -- Roger Ascham 罗杰·阿斯坎

凡能用任何语言写好文章的人,都必须遵循亚里士多德的这一忠告,以普通人的方式说话,以智者的方式思考。每个人都应该理解他,智者的判断也允许他这样做。

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The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame, each of them, by a single sentence consisting of two or three words.

希腊的七位智者以他们的智慧闻名于世,他们每一个人都是通过一两三个字组成的一句话获得了所有的名望。

Technology is making gestures precise and brutal, and with them men.

科技正在让手势变得精确而残忍,而男性也在其中。