A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
真理
Truth
Accuracy of language is one of the bulwarks of truth.
语言的准确性是真理的堡垒之一。
Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent.
对于不能说的事,必须保持沉默。
A pessimist is a man who tells the truth prematurely.
悲观主义者是过早说出真相的人。
History is condemned, by a defect of nature, to lies.
由于自然的缺陷,历史注定要说谎。
There is nothing more deceptive than an obvious fact.
没有什么比一个显而易见的事实更具有欺骗性的了。
Do not hold everything as gold that shines like gold.
不要把所有的东西都当作金子一样闪闪发光。
Conscience is our magnetic compass; reason our chart.
良心是我们的罗盘;我们的图表。
Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored.
事实不会因为被忽视而不复存在。
Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.
大多数人宁愿否认一个残酷的事实,也不愿面对它。
What you do is take the truth and just skew it a bit.
你要做的就是把事实扭曲一点。
There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.
无真相足以证明迫害是正当的。
When you think you're right, you're most likely wrong.
当你认为自己是对的时候,你很可能是错的。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
You don't fall in love with someone because it's convenient.
你不会因为方便而爱上一个人。
We can always get along better by reason and love of truth than by worry of conscience and remorse. Harmful are these, and evil.
理智和对真理的热爱总比为良心和悔恨的忧虑更能使我们和睦相处。这些都是有害的,而且是邪恶的。
If a theory purports to explain everything, then it is likely not explaining much at all.
如果一个理论声称能解释一切,那么它很可能根本解释不了多少。
To free a person from error is to give, and not to take away.
把一个人从错误中解放出来就是给予,而不是索取。
A man convinced against his will is not convinced.
违背自己意愿而被说服的人是不会被说服的。
There lives more faith in honest doubt, believe me, than in half the creeds.
相信我,诚实的怀疑比一半的信条更有信仰。