About the use of language: it is impossible to sharpen a pencil with a blunt axe. It is equally vain to try to do it with ten blunt axes instead.

-- Edsger Wybe Dijkstra 艾兹格·迪科斯彻

关于语言的使用:用钝斧头削铅笔是不可能的。试着用十根钝斧头代替它也是徒劳的。

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To be of use in even a single burst of flame and sound is worth more than a lifetime of achieving nothing.

即使在一次火焰和声音的爆发中发挥作用，也比一辈子一事无成更有价值。

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You think it's a weakness? Make it a strength. It's a of you. So use it.

你认为这是弱点吗?让它成为一种力量。是你的功劳。所以使用它。

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The language you are about to hear... is disturbing.

你将要听到的语言……是令人不安的。

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Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.

作家让自己被语言所吸引。

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