Accuracy of observation is the equivalent of accuracy of thinking.

  • -- Wallace Stevens 华莱士·史蒂文斯

观察的准确性等同于思考的准确性。

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Surely it is time to examine into the meaning of words and the nature of things, and to arrive at simple facts, not received upon the dictum of learned authorities, but upon attentive personal observation of what is passing around us.

当然,现在是时候研究语言的意义和事物的本质,并得出一些简单的事实,这些事实不是根据有学问的权威的格言而得到的,而是根据我们对周围发生的事情的仔细观察而得到的。

There is no more difficult art to acquire than the art of observation, and for some men it is quite as difficult to record an observation in brief and plain language.

没有什么艺术比观察的艺术更难获得,对一些人来说,用简单明了的语言记录观察同样困难。

Accuracy of statement is one of the first elements of truth; inaccuracy is a near kin to falsehood.

陈述的准确性是真理的首要要素之一;不准确近乎谎言。

Accuracy to a newspaper is what virtue is to a lady; but a newspaper can always print a retraction.

准确之于报纸,犹如美德之于女士;但报纸总是可以刊登一份撤回声明。