Most arguments are instances of an inability to make it clear that we are essentially in agreement.

  • -- Shraga Silverstein 施拉格·西尔弗斯坦

大多数争论都是无法表明我们基本上意见一致的实例。

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For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. His hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

因为,如果一个从未见过火的人用令人满意的论据证明火是燃烧的。他的听众永远不会满足,除非他把手伸进火里,通过实验来学习论证所教的东西,否则他也不会避开火。

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

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。