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She had a pretty gift for quotation, which is a serviceable substitute for wit.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

她善于引用别人的话，这是机智的有力替代品。

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No matter how much restriction civilization imposes on the individual, he nevertheless finds some way to circumvent it. Wit is the best safety valve modern man has evolved; the more civilization, the more repression, the more need there is for wit."

无论文明对个人施加多大的限制，他总能找到某种方法来规避它。智慧是现代人进化出来的最好的安全阀;越是文明，越是压抑，越是需要智慧。”

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A good library will never be too neat, or too dusty, because somebody will always be in it, taking books off the shelves and staying up late reading them.

一个好的图书馆永远不会太整洁，也不会太脏，因为总会有人在里面，把书从书架上拿下来，读到很晚。

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He who has provoked the lash of wit, cannot complain that he smarts from it.

挑起智慧之鞭的人，不能抱怨自己因此而受到伤害。

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The end of all good music is to affect the soul.

所有好音乐的最终目的都是影响灵魂。

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