But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

但是理智和感情相比,总是显得微不足道;一个本质上是受限的,就像所有正的东西一样,而另一个是无限的。

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Linguistics will have to recognise laws operating universally in language, and in a strictly rational manner, separating general phenomena from those restricted to one branch of languages or another.

语言学必须认识到在语言中普遍存在的规律,并以严格理性的方式,将普遍现象与局限于语言某一分支的现象区分开来。

It's interesting that instead of having to get tighter and more restricted for a collaboration, strangely enough, from the beginning, we've actually been more confident that we could handle this.

有趣的是,从一开始,我们并没有因为合作而变得更加紧密和受限制,奇怪的是,我们实际上对自己能够处理这个问题更有信心。

We can understand the sentiment you're saying to us. Oh, but sensible sells so could you kindly shut up.

我们能理解你对我们说的话。哦,但明智的销售,所以你能好心地闭嘴。

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

有两件事是无限的:宇宙和人类的愚蠢;我对宇宙也不是很确定。

Music fills the infinite between two souls.

音乐充满了两个灵魂之间的无限。