Grandeur and beauty are so very opposite, that you often diminish the one as you increase the other. Variety is most akin to the latter, simplicity to the former.

-- William Shenstone 威廉·申斯通

宏伟与美丽是如此的对立，以至于你常常在增加美与减少美的同时，也在减少美。多样性与后者最为相似，简单性与前者最为相似。

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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.

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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Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of ice cream fall from the cone.

年龄并不能减少冰淇淋从蛋卷上掉下来时的极度失望。

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The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.

生活的智慧在于消除不必要的东西。

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