Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things.

Nearly all institutions, it might be said, are based on signs, but these signs do not directly evoke things.

可以说，几乎所有的制度都是建立在迹象的基础上的，但这些迹象并不能直接唤起人们的情感。

-- Ferdinand de Saussure 索绪尔