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The style of an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice and command of language is the fruit of exercise.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

一个作家的文体应该是他心灵的形象，而语言的选择和运用则是练习的结果。

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It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are always using metaphors for war. It's a general atmosphere of animosity and contention that has taken over our public discourse.

我们倾向于把每一个问题都当作是双方之间的斗争来处理。我们在标题中看到它总是使用战争的隐喻。这是一种普遍的敌意和争论的气氛，已经占据了我们的公共话语。

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A creditor is worse than a slave-owner; for the master owns only your person, but a creditor owns your dignity, and can command it.

放债的比奴隶主还坏;因为主人只欠你一个人的债，债主却欠你的体面，并且能制伏你。

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English was such a strange language expressive in so may way, but so bland in others.

英语是一种如此奇怪的语言，表达方式如此随意，但在其他语言中却如此平淡无奇。

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If you command wisely, you'll be obeyed cheerfully.

如果你指挥有方，别人就会愉快地服从你。

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