Similes prove nothing, but yet greatly lighten and relieve the tedium of argument.

  • -- Robert South 罗伯特南方

明喻证明不了什么,但却极大地减轻和减轻了争论的单调。

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I would sort out all the arguments and see which belonged to fear and which to creativeness. Other things being equal, I would make the decision which had the larger number of creative reasons on its side.

我要把所有的论点都整理出来,看看哪些属于恐惧,哪些属于创造性。在其他条件相同的情况下,我会做出一个有更多创造性原因的决定。

Few men could explain why they enlisted, and if they attempted they might only prove that they had done as a politician said the electorate does, the right thing from the wrong motive.

很少有人能解释他们为什么要参军,如果他们想这么做,他们可能只能证明自己做了一个政客说的那样,出于错误的动机做了正确的事情。

You have to give people the opportunity to prove themselves.

你必须给人们机会来证明自己。

Convincing yourself doesn't win an argument.

说服自己并不能赢得争论。