To argue with a man who has renounced the use and authority of reason is like administering medicine to the dead.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

与一个已经放弃理性的使用和权威的人争论,就像给死人用药一样。

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I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.

我认为,树叶,我们践踏过的最卑鄙的昆虫,其本身的论点比任何可以引证的论点都更具结论性,即某些巨大的智慧使无限充满活力。

In spite of all the yearnings of men, no one can produce a single fact or reason to support the belief in God and in personal immortality.

尽管人类有种种渴望,但没有人能提出一个事实或理由来支持对上帝和个人不朽的信仰。

We know the truth, not only by the reason, but also by the heart.

我们知道真理,不仅靠理智,而且靠心灵。

Anger is never without an argument, but seldom with a good one.

愤怒从来不是没有理由的,但很少有好的理由。