There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.

-- Elias Canetti 伊莱亚斯卡内蒂

没有丑陋的语言这种东西。今天，我听到每一种语言，仿佛它是唯一的一种;当我听到一种即将消亡的语言时，它使我不知所措，仿佛它是地球的死亡。

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The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should be acquired because we urgently need them -- to convey, to reach, to express something within us, and to understand others.

学习词汇的最后一个动机应该是给人留下深刻印象。语言是需要后天习得的，因为我们迫切需要它们——去传达，去触及，去表达我们内心的某种东西，去理解他人。

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Our language has wisely sensed the two sides of being alone. It has created the word loneliness to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word solitude to express the glory of being alone.

我们的语言明智地感受到了独处的两面性。它创造了“孤独”这个词来表达孤独的痛苦。它创造了“孤独”这个词来表达独处的荣耀。

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It's as though I don't make a ripple as I drop off the face of the earth.

就好像我从地球上掉下来的时候没有激起一丝涟漪。

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All that is earth has once been sky.

地球曾经是天空。

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