As an author he had power of expression, simplicity, a subtle humor, sarcastic.

作为作家具有非凡的才能，表达简洁明了，幽默，讽刺天才。

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Confucius say subtle humor - "life rarely live to 70," This is an indication of life near death.

孔子说得幽默含蓄——“人生七十古来稀”，这实在是人生临近死亡的暗示。

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It is true that we can be very literal, so we often miss the humor in everyday banter, but we can and do enjoy even subtle humor.

是，没错，因为我们非常喜欢挑字眼，所以我们经常错过笑话中可笑的部分，但是我们能够也很欣赏一些含义更深的幽默。

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It is true that we can be very literal, so we often miss the humor in everyday banter, but we can and do enjoy even subtle humor.

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John about shop girls and dresses and makeup, yet they share an oblique and poetic way of honoring the workaday courage with which people make their way through life and a constant sparkle of humor that manages to be at once sly, subtle, and robust.

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