如果“精简是风雅之首”，

If " compression is the first grace of style, "

你已具有。收缩是一种美德，

you have it. Contractility is a virtue

同谦虚一样。

as modesty is a virtue.

不是为了获取任何一种

It is not the acquisition of any one thing

用于点缀的东西，

that is able to adorn,

也不是我们珍视的风格里

or the incidental quality that occurs

那种伴随俏皮话而来的

as a concomitant of something well said,

偶然特性，

that we value in style,

而是隐藏的原则：

but the principle that is hid:

音脚缺席时，“一种收尾方式”；

in the absence of feet, " a method of conclusions " ;

“一种对原则的认知”

" a knowledge of principles, "

在你后脑触角的奇异触觉中。

In the curious phenomenon of your occipital horn.