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事实
Facts
The imaginations which people have of one another are the solid facts of society.
人们对彼此的想象是社会的真实事实。
When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos.
当我们的思想退缩到自己的世界里，抛弃事实，只会造成混乱。
I am turned into a sort of machine for observing facts and grinding out conclusions.
我被变成了一台观察事实并得出结论的机器。
Of what use is the memory of facts, if not to serve as an example of good or of evil?
如果事实的记忆不是作为善或恶的榜样，又有什么用呢?
Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective.
悲观主义只描述一种态度，而不是事实，因此完全是主观的。
Prejudice is a great time saver. You can form opinions without having to get the facts.
偏见是节省时间的好方法。你可以在不了解事实的情况下形成自己的观点。
Facts are God's arguments; we should be careful never to misunderstand or pervert them.
事实是上帝的论据;我们应该小心，永远不要误解或歪曲他们。
General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree are to its leaves.
一般原则……之于事实，犹如树根之于树叶。
Listening to medical facts was not enough. People wanted one hundred percent guarantees.
仅仅听取医学事实是不够的。人们想要百分之百的保证。
Don't become a mere recorder of facts, but try to penetrate the mystery of their origin.
不要只做事实的记录者，而要试图揭开事实的起源之谜。
Opinions don't affect facts. But facts should affect opinions, and do, if you're rational.
意见不影响事实。但事实应该影响意见，如果你是理性的，事实也应该影响意见。
Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.
统计学的定义:从可靠的数字中得出不可靠的事实的科学。
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My mind seems to have become a kind of machine for grinding general laws out of large collections of facts.
我的头脑似乎成了一台机器，从大量的事实中磨出一般的规律。
The facts of life are that a child who has seen war cannot be compared with a child who doesn't know what war is except from television.
生活的事实是，一个看过战争的孩子无法与一个除了从电视上知道战争是什么的孩子相比。
Creating fake facts does require a measure of haphazard research, insofar as they need to not just be possible, but also interesting.
制造虚假事实确实需要一些随机的研究，因为它们不仅需要可能，而且还需要有趣。
I might show facts as plain as day: but, since your eyes are blind, you'd say, "Where? What?" and turn away.
我可以把事实清楚地说出来，但是，既然你的眼睛是瞎的，你会说:“在哪儿?”然后转过身去。
I knew the wild riders and the vacant land were about to vanish forever... and the more I considered the subject, the bigger the forever loomed. Without knowing how to do it, I began to record some facts around me, and the more I looked the more the panorama unfolded.
我知道那些野蛮的骑手和空地将永远消失……我越想这个问题，永远的阴影就越深。不知道该怎么做，我开始记录周围的一些事实，我看得越多，全景就展现得越多。
The facts of science are real enough, and so are the techniques that scientists use, and so are the technologies based on them. But the belief system that governs conventional scientific thinking is an act of faith.
科学的事实是足够真实的，科学家使用的技术也是如此，基于它们的技术也是如此。但是，支配传统科学思维的信仰体系是一种信仰行为。