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Everyone, left to his own devices, forms an idea about what goes on in language which is very far from the truth.

  • -- Ferdinand de Saussure 索绪尔

每个人，任其自行其是，都会对语言中发生的事情形成一种与事实相去甚远的看法。

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In my world, history comes down to language and art. No one cares much about what battles were fought, who won them and who lost them - unless there is a painting, a play, a song or a poem that speaks of the event.

在我的世界里，历史可以归结为语言和艺术。没有人太在意曾经打过什么仗，谁赢了谁输了——除非有一幅画、一出戏、一首歌或一首诗讲述了这个事件。

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Why should the composer be more guilty than the poet who warms to fantasy by a strange flame, making an idea that inspires him the subject of his own very different treatment?

为什么作曲家要比诗人更有罪恶感呢?诗人被一种奇怪的火焰温暖着，产生了一种想法，激发了他的灵感，使他以一种截然不同的方式对待自己的主题。

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Having knowledge but lacking the power to express it clearly is no better than never having any ideas at all.

拥有知识但缺乏清晰表达的能力，并不比没有任何想法好。

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The simplicities of natural laws arise through the complexities of the language we use for their expression.

自然规律的简单性来自于我们用来表达它们的语言的复杂性。

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