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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There was endless controversy as to whether the acts of the New Deal did actually move recovery or retard it, and nothing final could ever come of that bitter debate because it is forever impossible to prove what might have happened in place of what did.

关于新政的行为究竟是推动了经济复苏,还是阻碍了经济复苏,一直存在着无休止的争议,而这场激烈的辩论永远不会有任何结果,因为永远不可能证明本来会发生什么,而不是发生了什么。

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。

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。

I have yet to find a man worth his salt in any direction who did not think of himself first and foremost.

在任何方面,我还没有找到一个不首先想到自己的人。

Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't put his pants on.

给我看一个脚踏实地的人,我就给你看一个连裤子都不会穿的人。

Open debate and full discourse on the topic of torture is a double-edged sword.

关于酷刑问题的公开辩论和充分论述是一把双刃剑。

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.

悲观主义者并不无聊。悲观主义者是正确的。悲观主义者是多余的。

Never argue with your wife about hostility when she's a certified Freudian.

当你的妻子是一个合格的弗洛伊德主义者时,千万不要因为敌意而和她争论。

You know, I don't think I've ever listened to someone's commentary. Ever.

我想我从来没有听过别人的评论。永远。

Itʹs always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth.

ʹ年代总是值得让别人意识到自己的价值。

Behind every argument is someone's ignorance.

每一场争论的背后都是一些人的无知。