They took their meals together; and it was remarked on such occasions, when the friendship of animals is put to a hard test, that they never quarrelled or disputed the possession of a favourite fruit with each other.

  • -- Henry Walter Bates 亨利·瓦尔特·贝茨

他们一起吃饭;在这种场合下,当动物的友谊受到严峻的考验时,人们就会说,他们从来没有因为拥有一种最喜爱的水果而争吵或争论过。

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The function of literature, through all its mutations, has been to make us aware of the particularity of selves, and the high authority of the self in its quarrel with its society and its culture. Literature is in that sense subversive.

文学的功能,通过它所有的变异,一直是让我们意识到自我的特殊性,以及自我在与社会和文化的冲突中的高度权威。从这个意义上说,文学是颠覆性的。

Travelled gallants That fill the court with quarrels, talk, and tailors.

宫廷里到处都是争吵、闲言碎语和裁缝。