Oxford teaches you nothing about everything ; Cambridge teaches you everything about nothing. 陳之藩教授在其著作《劍河倒影》中提到了一位牛津人Don,他把牛津與劍橋對比著說:「Oxford teaches you nothing about everything ; Cambridge teaches you everything about nothing.」陳教授在文中提到,這兩句話對偶式的妙句,他實在翻譯不出來。