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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Getting comments like that from even the young people at the shows who probably aren't singers, the girls who just tell me that I'm an inspiration to them, for one reason or another.

即使是那些在演出中可能不是歌手的年轻人,也会有这样的评论,那些女孩只是因为这样或那样的原因,告诉我我是她们的灵感来源。

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。

Pentagon dollars are essentially seen as a different kind of funding that doesn't have to stand for itself and make an argument for itself in the house of Congress.

五角大楼的资金本质上被看作是一种不同的资金,不需要在国会为自己辩护。

Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

鉴于外部现实是虚构的,作者的角色几乎是多余的。他不需要虚构,因为小说已经存在了。

If nature were not beautiful, it would not be worth knowing, and if nature were not worth knowing, life would not be worth living.

如果自然不美丽,就不值得知道;如果自然不值得知道,生命就不值得活下去。

This is the final test of a gentleman: his respect for those who can be of no possible value to him.

这是对一个绅士的最后考验:他对那些对他毫无价值的人的尊重。

Debate and divergence of views can only enrich our history and culture.

争论和意见分歧只能丰富我们的历史和文化。

Using insult instead of argument is the sign of a small mind.

用侮辱代替争论是心胸狭窄的表现。

This isn't a little debate society. That's high school stuff.

这不是一个小辩论社会。那是高中的事。

I used to be snow-white . . . but I drifted.

我曾经是雪白的……但我漂流。