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英语里有这样一句话：The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese。这样一句谚语，是如何用短小的语言表达出来的？
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本篇只有嘉宾的话，都需要听写。听过之后就有答案了。"The first law is it must be brief. The second law is it must be definitive. That is, there's no ifs, ands or buts about aphorisms. They just tell it like it is. The third law is it must be personal. That is, it must have an author. And that's the difference between an aphorism and a proverb. Proverbs are just aphorisms that have had the identity of the author worn away from so much use.
"The fourth law is it must be philosophical. It has to make you think. That's the difference between an aphorism and a platitude or a bromide. And the fifth law is it must have a twist. That can be a psychological twist or a linguistic twist or even a sort of humorous twist that gives it that something special, that sting in the tail that really makes an aphorism stick in your head."