The very special place that a language occupies among institutions is undeniable, but there is much more to be said-, a comparison would tend rather to bring out the differences.

  • -- Ferdinand de Saussure 索绪尔

一种语言在机构中所占的特殊地位是不可否认的,但还有很多话要说——比较往往会揭示出不同之处。

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We go on and on about our differences. But, you know, our differences are less important than our similarities. People have a lot in common with one another, whether they see that or not.

我们不停地谈论我们之间的分歧。但是,你知道,我们的不同之处没有我们的相似之处重要。人们彼此之间有很多共同之处,不管他们看到与否。

Tact is the discrimination of differences. It consists in conscious deviations.

机智是对差异的辨别。它包含有意识的偏差。

Men may die, but the fabrics of free institutions remains unshaken.

人可能会死,但自由制度的结构仍未动摇。