The senses, like fire, can not only destroy man, but also purify man.

感官跟火一样，既能毁灭人，也能净化人。

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A seaman knows that the sea is all-powerful and can, under certain circumstances, destroy man and the product of his brain and hand, the ship.

水手们都知道，大海的威力是势不可挡的；在某些情况下，它能把人及人所制造的船只统统摧毁掉。

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And the LORD said, I will destroy man whom I have created from the face of the earth; both man, and beast, and the creeping thing, and the fowls of the air; for it repenteth me that I have made them.

和华说，我要将所造的人和走兽，并昆虫，以及空中的飞鸟，都从地上除灭，因为我造他们后悔了。

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She was told by one man that Rockefeller would try to destroy McClure's Magazine.

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Between extremities Man runs his course; A brand, or flaming breath, Comes to destroy All those antinomies Of day and night; The body calls it death, The heart remorse.

在极端和极端之中,人走完了他的历程；,火炮，或火热的呼吸，都会来摧毁、来消灭,白天和黑夜,的自相矛盾；,身躯称它为死亡，心儿称它为悔恨。

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.. "One may destroy a man who makes war upon him ... for the same reason that he may kill a wolf or a lion.

一人可以摧毁向他挑起战争的人。,正如他可以杀死一匹狼或一头狮子。

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In Hong Kong, I watched a newly-arrived American executive meet with his Chinese team members, and I saw the new man destroy in five seconds the delicate and productive relationship that the incumbent had taken over a year to build.

FORBES: Body Language for Global Business

Minnesota youth hockey as it operates today is under attack by a man named McBain, who is aiming his big guns to destroy what he sees as an unjust system.

FORBES: Money, power, and a culture clash in Minnesota youth hockey

According to Britain's biggest selling newspaper, The Sun, the man it urged millions of Britons to vote for at the last election is threatening to destroy the country's economy by taking it into the single European currency.

BBC: By BBC News online's Nick Assinder.