A man without words is a man without thought.

  • -- John Steinbeck 约翰·斯坦贝克

没有言语的人是没有思想的人。

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Under adversity, under oppression, the words begin to fail, the easy words begin to fail. In order to convey things accurately, the human being is almost forced to find the most precise words possible, which is a precondition for literature.

在逆境中,在压迫下,语言开始失败,简单的语言开始失败。为了准确地表达事物,人类几乎被迫去寻找尽可能精确的词语,这是文学的先决条件。

The teacher that I was for decades, and that I still am in a certain way, wondered what was meant by the word education. I was truly dumbfounded at the very thought of dealing with such an essential and extensive subject.

我当了几十年的老师,从某种意义上说,我现在还在当老师,我想知道“教育”这个词是什么意思。一想到要处理如此重要和广泛的问题,我就真的目瞪口呆。

I thought they may have presumed too much knowledge of certain things for people who are not comedians. Like Montreal. A comic understands what it is and its importance, but someone else may not know about it.

我想他们可能对那些不是喜剧演员的人对某些事情的了解太多了。像蒙特利尔。一个喜剧演员知道它是什么和它的重要性,但是其他人可能不知道。

I have to chose my words carefully.

我必须小心措辞。