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传统
Tradition
Tradition is a guide and not a jailer.
传统是向导，而不是狱卒。
Tradition is the illusion of permanance.
传统是永恒的幻觉。
The tree remains, but not so the hand that put it.
树还在，但放它的手却不在了。
I'm a traditionalist. I have certain values I live by.
我是一个传统主义者。我有自己的价值观。
Preserving tradition has become a nice hobby, like stamp collecting.
保存传统已经成为一种很好的爱好，就像集邮一样。
Teaching is not a lost art. But the regard for it is a lost tradition.
教学不是一门消失的艺术。但对它的重视已成为一种失传的传统。
You must be in tune with the times and prepared to break with tradition.
你必须与时俱进，准备打破传统。
Tradition becomes our security, and when the mind is secure it is in decay.
传统成为我们的保障，当思想得到保障时，它就会腐朽。
Tradition must be a springboard to the future, not an easy chair for resting.
传统必须是通向未来的跳板，而不是安乐椅。
We always had to play the game and play for the team. It is a Kent tradition.
我们总是要打比赛，为球队而战。这是肯特郡的传统。
I like narrative storytelling as being part of a tradition, a folk tradition.
我喜欢将叙事故事作为一种传统的一部分，一种民间传统。
I'm content to stand on tradition. I'm even more content to wipe my feet on it.
我满足于坚持传统。我甚至更乐意在上面擦脚。
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Without tradition, art is a flock of sheep without a shepherd. Without innovation, it is a corpse.
没有传统，艺术就像一群羊没有牧人。没有创新，它就是一具尸体。
How to respect tradition and to innovate at the same time? What a difficult challenge!
如何在尊重传统的同时创新?多么困难的挑战啊!
The traditional mathematician recognizes and appreciates mathematical elegance when he sees it. I propose to go one step further, and to consider elegance an essential ingredient of mathematics: if it is clumsy, it is not mathematics.
传统的数学家看到数学的优雅时，会承认并欣赏它。我建议更进一步，认为优雅是数学的一个基本要素:如果它笨拙，它就不是数学。
When you learn about the teaching and the practice of another tradition, you always have a chance to understand your own teaching and practice.
当你学习其他传统的教学和实践时，你总是有机会了解你自己的教学和实践。
History is more or less bunk. It's tradition. We don't want tradition. We want to live in the present and the only history that is worth a tinker's damn is the history we make today.
历史或多或少是胡扯。这是传统。我们不想要传统。我们想活在当下，唯一值得修补的历史就是我们今天创造的历史。
The Gandhi family has a tradition of being good hosts. When you call upon them, they treat you with a lot of respect.
甘地家族有着好客的传统。当你拜访他们时，他们对你非常尊重。