Why has elegance found so little following? That is the reality of it. Elegance has the disadvantage, if that's what it is, that hard work is needed to achieve it and a good education to appreciate it

  • -- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra 艾兹格·迪科斯彻

为什么优雅很少受到追捧?这就是事实。优雅也有它的缺点,如果这就是它的缺点,那么就需要努力工作来实现它,并接受良好的教育来欣赏它

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Elegance is not the prerogative of those who have just escaped from adolescence, but of those who have already taken possession of their future.

优雅不是那些刚刚走出青春期的人的特权,而是那些已经掌握了自己未来的人的特权。

A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.

对讽刺的品味比幽默感更能让人免于心碎,因为只有讽刺才能让人懂得自嘲。

Living the country life helps you appreciate some of the simpler things, things that make us feel good about ourselves.

乡村生活能帮助你欣赏一些更简单的事情,那些让我们自我感觉良好的事情。

If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor.

如果你想描述真相,那就把优雅留给裁缝吧。