There is no absurdity so palpable but that it may be firmly planted in the human head if you only begin to inculcate it before the age of five, by constantly repeating it with an air of great solemnity.
如果你在五岁之前就开始以一种非常严肃的态度不断地重复它，那么没有什么荒谬是如此明显，以至于它可以牢牢地植入人的头脑。