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We are not concerned with the very poor. They are unthinkable, and only to be approached by the statistician or the poet.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

我们不关心非常贫困的人。它们是不可想象的，只有统计学家或诗人才能接近它们。

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To call in the statistician after the experiment is done may be no more than asking him to perform a post-mortem examination: he may be able to say what the experiment died of.

在实验结束后打电话给统计学家，可能仅仅是让他做一个尸检:他或许能够说出实验的死因。

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Definition of a Statistician: A man who believes figures don't lie, but admits than under analysis some of them won't stand up either.

统计学家的定义:一个人相信数据不会说谎，但他承认，在分析中，有些数据也站不住脚。

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A sculptor is a person who is interested in the shape of things, a poet in words, a musician by sounds.

雕刻家是对事物的形状感兴趣的人，是文字中的诗人，是声音中的音乐家。

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Ring out the false, ring in the true.

敲出虚伪，敲入真实。

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