A good general rule is to state that the bouquet is better than the taste, and vice versa.

  • -- Stephen Potter 史蒂芬·泊特

一个好的一般规则是说,香味比味道好,反之亦然。

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My reason, it's true, controls my feelings, but whatever its authority, it doesn't rule them so much as tyrannize them.

我的理智的确控制着我的感情,但不管它有什么权威,它对感情与其说是统治不如说是专制。

All that I desire to point out is the general principle that life imitates art far more than art imitates life.

我想指出的是,生活模仿艺术远远超过艺术模仿生活的一般原则。

General statements omit what we really want to know. Example: some horses run faster than others.

一般的陈述忽略了我们真正想知道的东西。有些马跑得比其他马快。

Bookworms will rule the world as soon as we finish one more chapter.

只要我们再读完一章,书虫就会统治世界。