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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It's the things that you notice when you're not actually with your instrument that, in fact, become so interesting, and that you - you want to explore, through this tiny tiny surface of a drum.

当你不使用乐器的时候，你会注意到一些事情，事实上，变得非常有趣，你想要探索，通过一个鼓的微小表面。

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We can put television in its proper light by supposing that Gutenberg's great invention had been directed at printing only comic books.

我们可以假定古腾堡的伟大发明只针对印刷漫画书，从而使电视得到应有的重视。

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I play a musical instrument a little, but only for my own amazement.

我会一点乐器，但只是为了自己的惊喜。

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