He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.

  • -- Richard Brinsley Sheridan 理查德·布林斯利·谢里丹

他的笑话要归功于他的记忆力,事实要归功于他的想象力。

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Proceeding further, to inquire whether the facts related by the Four Evangelists are proved by competent and satisfactory evidence, we are led, first, to consider on which side lies the burden of establishing the credibility of the witnesses.

接着,为了调查四名传道士所述的事实是否有充分和令人满意的证据加以证明,我们首先要考虑建立证人信誉的责任落在哪一方。

Science is facts; just as houses are made of stones, so is science made of facts; but a pile of stones is not a house and a collection of facts is not necessarily science.

科学是事实;正如房子是石头做的一样,科学也是由事实组成的;但是一堆石头并不是一座房子,收集的事实也不一定是科学。

I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.

我感谢我的父亲,但我的老师生活得很好。

I am as confounded by dogs as I am indebted to them.

我被狗弄得既狼狈不堪,又感激它们。