A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
事实
Fact
Nothing fortifies scepticism more than the fact that there are some who are not sceptics; if all were so, they would be wrong.
没有什么比以下事实更能强化怀疑主义:有些人不是怀疑论者;如果都是这样，他们就错了。
My business is to teach my aspirations to confirm themselves to fact, not to try and make facts harmonize with my aspirations.
我的工作是教导我的抱负，使它们与事实相符，而不是试图使事实与我的抱负相协调。
The secret lives of politicians are always shady. People need to accept the fact that their leaders aren't perfect. No one is.
政客们的秘密生活总是见不得人的。人们需要接受这样一个事实:他们的领导者并不完美。没有人是。
We talk of our mastery of nature, which sounds very grand; but the fact is we respectfully adapt ourselves, first, to her ways.
我们谈论我们对自然的掌握，这听起来很伟大;但事实是，我们尊重自己，首先，适应她的方式。
The fact is that much misunderstanding is often caused by our modern attempts to limit too strictly the meaning of a Greek word.
事实是，许多误解往往是由我们现代试图过于严格地限制一个希腊词的意思造成的。
The noir hero is a knight in blood caked armor. He's dirty and he does his best to deny the fact that he's a hero the whole time.
黑色英雄是一个穿着血块盔甲的骑士。他很脏，他尽力否认自己一直是个英雄的事实。
I was conscious of the fact that it could be to my disadvantage to marry a white guy - that some folks would hold that against me.
我意识到嫁给一个白人可能对我不利——有些人会因此而反对我。
The fact that I'm going to be unsuccessful at times is pretty well-balanced by the fact that I'm going to be successful at others.
我有时会失败这一事实与我在其他人身上会成功这一事实是相当平衡的。
In matters of truth the fact that you don't want to publish something is, nine times out of ten, a proof that you ought to publish it.
事实上，十有八九，你不想发表的事实证明你应该发表它。
Can there not be a limit to the fact that really you need to cut your cloth in accordance with what capabilities and finances you have?
你真的需要根据自己的能力和财力来削减开支，这难道就没有限制吗?
May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise in the fact of uncommon people being below theirs?
“平凡人高于他们的地位”这一抱怨，难道不常以“平凡人低于他们的地位”这一事实为依据吗?
It is time to recognize a simple fact of life. Contrary to what some of my colleagues seem to believe, tax cuts do not pay for themselves.
是时候认识到生活中一个简单的事实了。与我的一些同事似乎认为的相反，减税本身并不划算。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
One person can make a difference. In fact, it's not only possible for one person to make a difference, it's essential that one person makes a difference. And believe it or not, that person is you.
一个人可以改变世界。事实上，一个人不仅有可能做出改变，重要的是一个人能做出改变。信不信由你，那个人就是你。
We know for a fact that the body is able to process colloidal silver quite well if it is made correctly and the dosage levels and concentrations are not too high.
我们知道一个事实，身体能够很好地处理胶体银，如果它是正确地制造和剂量水平和浓度不太高。
A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.
一个孩子也永远无法理解这样一个事实:同样是这位母亲，她做饭做得那么好，那么关心他的咳嗽，那么慈祥地帮助他做作业，在某些情况下，她对他的感情不过是隐藏在他内心世界的一堵墙。
With no fact as a referent, what is normative is purely a matter of preference.
由于没有事实作为参照，规范性纯粹是偏好的问题。
The very fact that women now form about one-fifth of the employes in manufacture and commerce in this country has opened a vast field of industrial legislation directly affecting women as wage-earners.
妇女现在在我国制造业和商业中占雇员的五分之一左右，这一事实本身就开辟了一个广泛的工业立法领域，直接影响到作为工薪阶层的妇女。
The facts will speak for themselves. Credit them or not, but read!
事实会证明一切。信不信由你，读吧!