A book should have an intellectual shape and a heft that comes with dealing with a primary subject.

  • -- William Safire 威廉·萨菲尔

一本书应该有一个智力的形状和重量来处理一个主要的主题。

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What's the subject of life - to get rich? All of those fellows out there getting rich could be dancing around the real subject of life.

人生的主题是什么——致富?所有那些发家致富的人可能都在围绕着生活的真实主题跳舞。

I'm not a propagandist, I'm not a polemicist; my primary interest is just looking at and trying to understand how animals work.

我不是宣传者,也不是辩论家;我的主要兴趣是观察并试图理解动物是如何工作的。

There are two primary choices in life: to accept conditions as they exist or accept the responsibility for changing them.

生活中有两个主要的选择:要么接受现状,要么接受改变现状的责任。

If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating.

如果你不知道如何支持萎靡不振的谈话,那就介绍一下吃饭的话题。