There is a kind of courtesy in skepticism. It would be an offense against polite conventions to press our doubts too far.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

怀疑中有一种礼貌。过分强调我们的怀疑将是对礼貌惯例的冒犯。

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Our daily life is filled with electronic pianos, ring tones, the disembodied voice giving you your bank balance over the telephone. Even silence can be electronic, courtesy of sound-canceling headphones.

我们的日常生活中充满了电子钢琴、铃声,以及通过电话给你银行存款的那种无形的声音。即使是无声的声音也可以是电子的,这多亏了可以降噪的耳机。

I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

我想我一直对“闭嘴微笑”理论持怀疑态度。虽然我试过,但我从来没有那么容易吞下那颗药丸。

The logic of validation allows us to move between the two limits of dogmatism and skepticism.

验证的逻辑允许我们在教条主义和怀疑主义的两个极限之间移动。

The grace of God is courtesy.

上帝的恩典是礼貌。