A language is a dialect with its own army and navy.

  • -- Max Weinreich 马克斯·温赖奇

一种语言是一种拥有自己的陆军和海军的方言。

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Language cannot describe the scene that followed; the shouts, oaths, frantic gestures, taunts, replies, and little fights; and therefore I shall not attempt it.

语言无法描述随后的情景;喊声、咒骂声、疯狂的手势、奚落声、答话声和小小的斗殴声;因此,我不打算这样做。

There are no simple words. I don't know why I thought I could hide anything behind language.

没有简单的词语。我不知道为什么我认为我可以在语言背后隐藏任何东西。

There is some pleasure even in words, when they bring forgetfulness of present miseries.

当言语能使人忘却眼前的痛苦时,即使是言语,也能给人带来快乐。

The meaning of good and bad, of better and worse, is simply helping or hurting.

好与坏,好与坏,只是简单的帮助或伤害。