Who is apt, on occasion, to assign a multitude of reasons when one will do? This is a sure sign of weakness in argument.

  • -- Harriet Martineau 马蒂诺

有时候,谁会在一个人愿意给出许多理由的时候,还能给出这么多理由呢?这无疑是辩论中软弱的表现。

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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.

人们常说,人们的想象力支配着他们;但更确切地说,是他们的想象力受到了限制。

It's not weird to look at yourself in the mirror at the gym - that's why they're there! You have to make sure that you're doing things right.

在健身房照镜子并不奇怪——这就是为什么他们在那里!你必须确保你做的事情是正确的。

First of all, you can make the argument that there's no such thing as the past. Nobody lived in the past.

首先,你可以提出这样的论点,没有过去。没有人生活在过去。

There's nothing I like less than bad arguments for a view I hold dear.

对于我所珍视的观点,没有什么比糟糕的论据更让我喜欢的了。

Insincerity is always weakness; sincerity even in error is strength.

不真诚永远是弱点;真诚即使在错误中也是力量。

I'm sure they're investigating everyone who was in the area.

我相信他们正在调查这个地区的每一个人。