Facetiousness is allowable when it is the most proper instrument of exposing things apparently base and vile to due contempt.

-- Isaac Barrow 艾萨克·巴罗

当幽默是最恰当的工具，把明显卑鄙无耻的东西暴露在应有的轻蔑面前时，它是可以容忍的。

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You've got to learn your instrument. Then, you practice, practice, practice. And then, when you finally get up there on the bandstand, forget all that and just wail.

你得学会你的乐器。然后，你练习，练习，再练习。然后，当你最终站在舞台上，忘记这一切，哭吧。

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Writing a play, you start with less, so more is demanded of you. It's as if you have to not only write a symphony, but invent the instruments as well.

写剧本，你从更少开始，所以对你的要求更高。就好像你不仅要写交响乐，还要发明乐器一样。

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It is altogether proper for people to recognize a sovereign God.

人们承认至高主宰的上帝是完全正确的。

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Proper names are rigid designators.

专有名词是严格的指示词。

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