句中不应有赘余之词，段落中不应有赘余之句，就像画作中不应有蛇足之线条，抑或机器不应有多余之零件。

A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary parts.

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记得有句老话么：千里之途始于足下？

Remember the saying that a journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step?

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“请后退，先生！”他照做了，但立即又冲了回去，上前耳语了最后一句珍重之辞。

Stand back, Sir, please! 'He obeyed, but quickly darted forward again to whisper some final word.

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And, yet, think about the qualities of sound that are so different between "across the lines of straighter darker trees" and "I like to think some boy's been swinging them."

想想这音律的特别之处,这两句有很大的区别,“穿过排列成行的挺直黑黑的树“,我总以为有个孩子把白杨“荡“弯了“

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Who but Milton could speak the poem's famous opening lines?

除了弥尔顿还有谁能说出这著名的开篇之句？

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In short, Machiavelli claims these were founders who created, in a way, ex nihilo, out of nothing.

简而言之,马奇亚维利主张这些人是创造者，换句话说即从无到有。

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