Words, like eyeglasses, blur everything that they do not make clearer.

  • -- Joseph Joubert 朱伯特

文字,就像眼镜一样,模糊了它们不能使一切变得更清晰的东西。

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Vague and mysterious forms of speech, and abuse of language, have so long passed for mysteries of science; and hard or misapplied words with little or no meaning have, by prescription, such a right to be mistaken for deep learning and height of specu.

模糊而神秘的语言形式,以及滥用语言,长久以来一直被认为是科学的奥秘;按照惯例,没有什么意义或意义不大的硬词或误用词有权利被误认为是深奥的学问和高度的专业知识。

The longer I live, the larger allowances I make for human infirmities.

我活得越久,就越能体谅人的弱点。