Neither Aristotelian nor Russellian rules give the exact logic of any expression of ordinary language; for ordinary language has no exact logic.

  • -- Peter Frederick Strawson 斯特劳森

亚里士多德和罗素的规则都没有给出任何普通语言表达的确切逻辑;因为普通语言没有确切的逻辑。

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It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.

在新土地、新事业和新表现形式方面,往往是失败者成为先驱。

The communication of the dead is tongued with fire beyond the language of the living.

死人的言语,用火弹出来,比活人的言语更甚。

The four most beautiful words in our common language: I told you so.

我们共同语言中最美丽的四个字:我告诉过你。

Dancing is a perpendicular expression of a horizontal desire.

舞蹈是水平欲望的垂直表达。