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Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.

  • -- Robert Benchley 本奇利

我凭借自己对英语的熟练掌握，什么也没说。

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The Lord showed me, so that I did see clearly, that he did not dwell in these temples which men had commanded and set up, but in people's hearts... his people were his temple, and he dwelt in them.

耶和华指示我、使我看得清楚、他不住在人所吩咐所建造的殿里、乃是住在人的心里。他的百姓是他的殿，他就住在其中。

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The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

事实上，爱有两种，一种是命令，一种是服从。这两者是截然不同的，其中一个引起的激情不是另一个的激情。

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They ought to put out the eyes of painters as they do goldfinches in order that they can sing better.

他们应该像画金翅雀那样把画家的眼睛挖出来，这样他们才能唱得更好。

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Language is not simply a reporting device for experience but a defining framework for it.

语言不仅仅是经验的报告工具，而且是经验的定义框架。

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Poetry, almost by definition, calls attention to its language and form.

几乎从定义上说，诗歌要求人们注意它的语言和形式。

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