Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied.
语言是一种自由创造的过程;其法则和原则是固定的,但生成原则的使用方式是自由且无限多样的。
【原文】季文子三思而后行。子闻之曰:“再,斯可矣。”【译文】季文子遇事总要思考三次,然后才行动。孔子听说后,说:“思考两次就可以了。”