For my own part I think no innocent species of wit or pleasantry should be suppressed: and that a good pun may be admitted among the smaller excellencies of lively conversation.

  • -- Portrait of James Boswell 詹姆斯·博斯韦尔画像

就我个人而言,我认为任何天真的机智或玩笑都不应该被压制,而且在活泼的交谈中,较小的优点中也可以接纳一个好的双关语。

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To solve a problem it is necessary to think. It is necessary to think even to decide what facts to collect.

解决问题需要思考。甚至在决定收集哪些事实时,思考也是必要的。

I think we're all a lot more like our parents than we want to admit.

我认为我们都比我们想承认的更像我们的父母。