Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

  • -- Tryon Edwards 特赖恩·爱德华兹

如果参与其中的人首先准确地定义他们的术语,然后坚持他们的定义,那么大多数争议将很快结束。

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Thus, the controversy about the Moral Majority arises not only from its views, but from its name - which, in the minds of many, seems to imply that only one set of public policies is moral and only one majority can possibly be right.

因此,关于道德多数的争论不仅来自其观点,而且来自其名称——在许多人看来,这似乎意味着只有一套公共政策是道德的,而且只有一种多数可能是正确的。

Music can describe emotions far more accurately than words ever can. As soon as I realised that, I knew music was where I wanted to be.

音乐比语言更能准确地描述情感。当我意识到这一点时,我就知道音乐是我想去的地方。

I love it when my books cause controversy, when people argue violently about the ending.

我喜欢我的书引起争议,喜欢人们激烈地争论结局。

Quarrels end, but words once spoken never die.

争吵会结束,但说过的话永不会消失。