Every one knows how the snow lies in the valleys of the Alps, forming a plain which slopes gradually downward towards the outlet Imagine such a valley ten miles across, with just such a sloping plain, not of snow but of earth.

  • -- Sir Edward Burnett Tylor 爱德华·伯内特·泰勒爵士

每个人都知道阿尔卑斯山的山谷里是如何积雪的,形成了一个逐渐向出口倾斜的平原。想象一下,有一个十英里宽的山谷,平原上倾斜的不是雪,而是土。

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Blondes make the best victims. They're like virgin snow that shows up the bloody footprints.

金发是最好的受害者。他们就像初雪,露出了血淋淋的脚印。

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

宁可在原则上失败,也不要在谎言上胜利。

But where are the snows of yester year?

但是去年的雪在哪里呢?

Common fame seldom lies.

平凡的名声很少说谎。