Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries.Greek was very much a live language, and a language still unconscious of grammar, not, like ours, dominated by definitions and trained upon dictionaries.

  • -- George Gilbert Aime Murray 乔治·吉尔伯特·艾梅·默里

希腊文在很大程度上是一种活的语言,一种仍然没有意识到语法的语言,不像我们的语言那样,由定义主导,并以词典为基础。希腊文在很大程度上是一种活的语言,一种仍然没有意识到语法的语言,不像我们的语言那样,由定义主导,并以词典为基础。

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Dictionaries are like watches; the worst is better than none, and the best cannot be expected to be quite true.

字典就像手表;最坏的总比没有好,最好的也不一定是真的。

Save for the wild force of Nature, nothing moves in this world that is not Greek in its origin.

在这个世界上,除了大自然的野性之外,没有任何事物的起源不是希腊的。

There is a breed of fashion models who weigh no more than an abridged dictionary.

有一类时装模特体重不过是一本简编字典。