把这一句，留给此刻的你

It would, of course, be hopeless to attempt to crowd into an international language all those local overtones of meaning which are so dear to the heart of the nationalist.

当然，试图把民族主义者心中所珍视的所有地方意义的暗示都挤进一门国际语言，那是毫无希望的。

— Edward Sapir 爱德华·萨皮尔

相关主题未分类心绝望民族主义

读懂以后，再练一练

阅读方法读懂一句英文：先找主干，再看转折

A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT

给此刻的你，一点向前的力量。

继续读好句 ↗

关于学习、善意与成长，读一句，再想一想。

Wise men make more opportunities than they find.

聪明人创造的机会比他们发现的要多。

Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根

The difference between a moral man and a man of honor is that the latter regrets a discreditable act, even when it has worked and he has not been caught.

一个有道德的人和一个有荣誉的人的区别在于，后者会对一件可耻的行为感到后悔，即使这种行为是有效的，而且他没有被抓住。

H. L. Mencken 门肯

To treat your facts with imagination is one thing, to imagine your facts is another.

用想象来看待事实是一回事，想象事实又是另一回事。

John Burroughs 美国博物学家巴勒斯