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For what the horse does under compulsion, as Simon also observes, is done without understanding; and there is no beauty in it either, any more than if one should whip and spur a dancer.

  • -- Xenophon 色诺芬

因为马被迫所作的，正如西门所见，都是无知的。它也没有什么美，就像一个人鞭打一个跳舞的人一样。

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