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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Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the devil; for which reason I have long since as good as renounced it.

我现在看到,一般说来,讽刺是魔鬼的语言;因为这个原因,我早就干脆放弃了。

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。

The tongue is the only tool that gets sharper with use.

舌头是唯一随着使用而变得锋利的工具。

My use of language is part and parcel of my message.

我对语言的运用是我信息的重要组成部分。