When a language dies, a way of understanding the world dies with it, a way of looking at the world.

  • -- George Steiner 斯坦纳

当一种语言消亡时,一种理解世界的方式也随之消亡,一种看待世界的方式也随之消亡。

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Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way. You become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.

人们通过不断地以一种特定的方式行动来获得一种特定的品质。通过正义的行为,你变得公正;通过有节制的行为,你变得温和;通过勇敢的行为,你变得勇敢。

Problems that remain persistently insoluble should always be suspected as questions asked in the wrong way.

始终无法解决的问题应该始终被怀疑为以错误的方式提出的问题。