We have a habit in this country of correcting things just as they are about to correct themselves.

  • -- Nicholas F. Brady 尼可拉斯·布瑞迪

在这个国家,我们有一种习惯,就是在事情即将自我纠正的时候纠正它们。

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The habit of building houses upon piles, which was first forced upon the people by the position they had chosen, was afterwards followed as a matter of taste, just as it is in Holland.

人们最初由于所选择的位置而被迫养成了在桩子上盖房子的习惯,后来就像在荷兰一样,人们也把这种习惯作为一种品味来遵循。

The habit of common and continuous speech is a symptom of mental deficiency. It proceeds from not knowing what is going on in other people's minds.

说话习惯的共同性和连续性是智力缺陷的一种症状。它源于不知道别人在想什么。