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.

  • -- Roger Bacon 培根

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。

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Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.

思想和精神共同构成了我们与动物世界的区别,它使人知道真理,使人为真理而死。

Arguments are to be avoided: they are always vulgar and often convincing.

争论是要避免的:它们总是粗俗的,而且往往令人信服。

A woman past forty should make up her mind to be young; not her face.

一个四十岁以上的女人应该下决心年轻;不是她的脸。

Ridicule is the first and last argument of a fool.

嘲笑是傻瓜的第一个也是最后一个论据。

Love is just a word until it is proven to you.

爱只是一个词,直到它被证明给你。

Lord, let me live until I die.

主啊,让我活到死。