These examples of the lack of simplicity in English and French, all appearances to the contrary, could be multiplied almost without limit and apply to all national languages.

  • -- Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

英语和法语中缺乏简单性的这些例子,表面上都相反,几乎可以无限地增加,并适用于所有的民族语言。

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To me, the extraordinary aspect of martial arts lies in its simplicity. The easy way is also the right way, and martial arts is nothing at all special; the closer to the true way of martial arts, the less wastage of expression there is.

对我来说,武术的非凡之处在于它的简单。简单的方法也是正确的方法,武术没什么特别的;越接近武术的真道,表达的浪费就越少。

Simplicity is not an objective in art, but one achieves simplicity despite one's self by entering into the real sense of things.

简单并不是艺术的目标,但一个人不顾自己,通过进入事物的真实意义而达到简单。

The principle of spending money to be paid by posterity, under the name of funding, is but swindling futurity on a large scale.

以资助的名义把钱花在子孙后代身上的原则,不过是在大规模地欺骗未来。

People know two languages: their native language and gibberish.

人们知道两种语言:母语和胡言乱语。

I like traditions, and the national anthem is important.

我喜欢传统,国歌很重要。