A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
真理
Truth
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
发出光来,黑暗就会自行消失。
Tell the truth, work hard, and come to dinner on time.
说实话,努力工作,按时吃饭。
A single lie destroys a whole reputation of integrity.
一个谎言就能毁掉整个正直的名声。
Each star is a mirror reflecting the truth inside you.
每颗星星都是一面镜子,反映出你内心的真相。
Like all dreamers I confuse disenchantment with truth.
像所有的梦想家一样,我混淆了觉醒和真理。
The most powerful element in advertising is the truth.
广告中最有力的元素是事实。
Death destroys a man, but the idea of death saves him.
死能灭人,死的意念能救人。
Seeking what is true is not seeking what is desirable.
追求真理并不等于追求理想。
The search for the truth is not for the faint hearted.
寻找真理不适合胆小的人。
I never said it was possible. I only said it was true.
我从没说过这是可能的。我只是说那是真的。
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
可悲的事实是,优秀让人紧张。
I think that the truth is a really stern taskmistress.
我认为真相是一个非常严厉的监工。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
The search for the truth is the most important work in the whole world, and the most dangerous.
寻找真理是世界上最重要的工作,也是最危险的工作。
Nothing is more futile than theorizing about music. No doubt there are laws, mathematically strict laws, but these laws are not music; they are only its conditions... The essence of music is revelation.
没有什么比把音乐理论化更无用的了。毫无疑问,存在着严格的数学定律,但这些定律不是音乐;它们只是它的条件……音乐的本质是启示。
The only thing that permits human beings to collaborate with one another in a truly open-ended way is their willingness to have their beliefs modified by new facts. Only openness to evidence and argument will secure a common world for us.
唯一允许人类以一种真正开放的方式彼此合作的是他们愿意让自己的信念被新的事实所改变。只有对证据和论点持开放态度,我们才能建立一个共同的世界。
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。
Everyone wants the truth but no one wants to be honest.
每个人都想知道真相,但没有人想要诚实。
Truth looks as though it were an achievement of the few, but in reality it is the creation and possession of all.
真理看起来似乎是少数人的成就,但实际上它是所有人的创造和拥有。