Men are never so likely to settle a question rightly as when they discuss it freely.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

当人们自由地讨论问题时,他们最可能正确地解决问题。

相关名言

A Truth is the subjective development of that which is at once both new and universal. New: that which is unforeseen by the order of creation. Universal: that which can interest, rightly, every human individual, according to his pure humanity.

真理是同时具有普遍性和新颖性的事物的主观发展。新:创造的秩序无法预见的东西。普遍的:根据每个人纯粹的人性,正确地使每个人感兴趣的东西。

If I had known what it would be like to have it all - I might have been willing to settle for less.

如果我知道拥有一切会是什么样子,我可能会愿意接受更少的钱。

One is limited only by what one settles for.

一个人只能满足于他所追求的东西。