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When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.

  • -- Percy Bysshe Shelley 珀西·比西·雪莱

当一件事被说成不值得反驳时，你可以肯定它要么是极其愚蠢的(在这种情况下，所有的评论都是多余的)，要么就是某种可怕的东西，问题的关键所在。

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Too often, older women are seen as victims, but I know lots of formidable women who have marvellous jobs as well as a full erotic life, and children and friends and family.

很多时候，年长的女性被视为受害者，但我认识很多了不起的女性，她们有出色的工作和完整的性生活，还有孩子、朋友和家人。

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Great leaders are almost always great simplifiers, who can cut through argument, debate and doubt, to offer a solution everybody can understand.

伟大的领导者几乎都是伟大的简化主义者，他们能够突破争论、辩论和怀疑，提供一个每个人都能理解的解决方案。

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The argument for getting our own house in order is not an argument for turning our back on the world. We cannot and should not do that.

让我们自己的房子恢复秩序的理由，并不是说我们要抛弃这个世界。我们不能也不应该这样做。

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Just as we must not fall for a bad argument because of good arguing, we must not overlook a good argument because the arguing is bad.

正如我们不能因为好的争论而陷入坏的争论，我们也不能因为争论不好而忽视好的争论。

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Lest conservatives be too proud, it's worth recalling that conservatism's rise was decisively enabled by liberalism's weakness.

为了避免保守派过于骄傲，我们有必要回顾一下，正是自由主义的软弱，坚定地推动了保守主义的崛起。

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But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

但是，教育的力量很少有多大作用，除非是在那些几乎是多余的快乐的性情中。

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Look, I debate for a living so I don't need to learn any lessons from amateurs.

听着，我以辩论为生，所以我不需要从业余爱好者那里学到任何东西。

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A newspaper should be the maximum of information, and the minimum of comment.

报纸应该是信息量最大，评论最少的报纸。

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A sparrow in hand is worth more than a vulture flying.

手中的麻雀比飞翔的秃鹰更有价值。

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I don't ever try to make a serious social comment.

我从来没有试图发表严肃的社会评论。

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