That is to say that when we think we're telling the truth we're actually using worn-out figures of speech.

也就是说我们认为我们在讲述真理的时候,我们实际上却在使用一些陈腐的修辞手法。

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I move from speech to belief because I simply don't believe that I'm using figures of speech.

我从说转为了相信,仅仅因为我不相信自己正在使用修辞。

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That's all but it's no mere figure of speech though one can make figures enough about it in his poetry very often].

他说的就是这些，不只是语言,虽然人可以说很多这样的话,经常在他的诗歌中这样。

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