Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but primarily by catchwords.

  • -- Robert Louis Stevenson 罗伯特·路易斯·史蒂文森

人是一种不单单依靠食物生存的生物,主要依靠口头禅生存。

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It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.

语言的清晰度和内容仍然不够……它还必须有一个目标和一个当务之急。否则,我们从语言堕落到喋喋不休,从喋喋不休到胡言乱语,从胡言乱语到混乱不堪。

Art and knowledge bring bread and honour.

艺术和知识带来面包和荣誉。

Bread is better than the song of birds.

面包胜过鸟鸣。

Language is fossil Poetry.

语言是僵化的诗歌。