A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
真理
Truth
Theories crumble, but good observations never fade.
理论会崩溃,但好的观察永远不会消失。
Outward judgment often fails, inward judgment never.
外表的判断常常失败,内心的判断永远不会。
I know many versions of truth that explain one fact.
我知道很多版本的真理可以解释一个事实。
The facts are always less than what really happened.
事实总是比实际发生的少。
My opinion can be completely different after a show.
看完一场演出后,我的观点可能会完全不同。
Reality simply consists of different points of view.
现实只是由不同的观点组成。
Legends die hard. They survive as truth rarely does.
传说是很难消除的。它们像真理一样很少存在。
The victor will never be asked if he told the truth.
胜利者永远不会被问及是否讲了真话。
I can prove anything by statistics except the truth.
除了事实,我能用统计数字证明任何事情。
All our words from loose using have lost their edge.
我们所有的词语都因使用不当而失去了锋芒。
Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.
非凡的主张需要非凡的证据。
Nothing is so firmly believed as what we least know.
没有什么比我们最不了解的东西更能让人深信不疑。
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One finds the truth by making a hypothesis and comparing observations with the hypothesis.
人们通过做一个假设,并将观察结果与假设进行比较,就能发现真相。
Nothing ever happens like you imagine it will.
没有什么事情会像你想象的那样发生。
It is no good saying we journalists must report only what is true because what is true cannot always be proven.
说我们新闻工作者必须只报道真实的东西是不对的,因为真实的东西不能总是得到证实。
Stupidity is doomed, therefore, to cringe at every syllable of wisdom.
因此,愚蠢注定要对智慧的每一个音节都畏缩不前。
Romantic love is an addiction: a perfectly wonderful addiction when it’s going well, and a perfectly horrible addiction when it’s going poorly.
浪漫的爱情是一种瘾:当它进展顺利时,它是一种完美的瘾;当它进展不顺时,它是一种可怕的瘾。