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Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

酒神巴克斯,n。酒神古代发明的一种方便的神，用作醉酒的借口

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The fault seems to me to have been that men have taken ancient country churches as their models and have failed to discover that between them and churches in towns there ought to be a most distinct and marked difference.

在我看来，问题在于人们把古老的乡村教堂当作他们的榜样，却没有发现它们和城镇中的教堂之间应该有最明显的区别。

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I grew up under Thatcher. I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless. Then gradually over the years it occurred to me that this was actually a very convenient myth for the state.

我在撒切尔夫人的领导下长大。在我成长的过程中，我一直认为自己从根本上是无能为力的。后来多年来，我逐渐意识到，这实际上是一个非常方便的国家神话。

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I don't get high, but sometimes I wish I did. That way, when I messed up in life I would have an excuse. But right now there's no rehab for stupidity.

我没有高潮，但有时我希望我能高潮。这样，当我把生活搞砸的时候，我就有借口了。但现在愚蠢是没有康复的。

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The analysis of variance is not a mathematical theorem, but rather a convenient method of arranging the arithmetic.

方差分析不是一个数学定理，而是一种方便的排列算法。

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In this world hate never yet dispelled hate. Only love dispels hate. This is the law, ancient and inexhaustible.

在这个世界上，仇恨从来没有消除仇恨。只有爱才能驱散仇恨。这是亘古不变的规律。

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Give me six lines written by the most honorable of men, and I will find an excuse in them to hang him.

求你给我六句话，是极尊贵人所写的，我就可以在这六句话里找个借口把他挂起来。

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