In argument similes are like songs in love; they describe much, but prove nothing.

  • -- Franz Kafka 卡夫卡

在争论中,明喻就像情歌;他们描述得很多,但证明不了什么。

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For the sake of argument and illustration I will presume that certain articles of ordinary diet, however beneficial in youth, are prejudicial in advanced life, like beans to a horse, whose common ordinary food is hay and corn.

为了论证和说明,我假定某些日常饮食习惯,无论在青年时期多么有益,在老年时期却有害无益,就像豆子对马一样,马的日常饮食就是干草和玉米。

The thing about rights is that in the end you can't prove what should be considered a right.

关于权利的问题是,最终你无法证明什么应该被视为权利。

Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

明喻证明不了什么,但却极大地减轻和减轻了争论的单调。

One can't prove that God doesn't exist, but science makes God unnecessary.

一个人不能证明上帝不存在,但科学使上帝变得没有必要。