Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'.

  • -- Raymond Smullyan 雷蒙德·斯穆里安

有些人总是批评含糊不清的陈述。我倾向于对精确的陈述持批评态度;他们是唯一可以正确地贴上“错误”标签的人。

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The concern around probable questions, which in a sense have been hidden, will grow around the world and the matter is critical, the reason we are doing all this is so we can respond correctly to what is reported to be a major catastrophe on the African continent.

对可能出现的问题的担忧,在某种意义上是被隐藏的,将在全世界范围内增加,而这一问题是至关重要的,我们这样做的原因是,我们能够正确地对据报在非洲大陆发生的一场重大灾难作出反应。

When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.

当你从一幅肖像开始,通过连续的消除,寻找一个纯粹的形式,一个清晰的体积,你不可避免地会到达鸡蛋。同样地,从鸡蛋开始,按照同样的过程反过来,一个人以肖像结束。

Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? Is not this also a return?

无论如何,我决不会说我丢了这样一件东西,但我已经把它找回来了。你的孩子死了吗?这是一种回报。你妻子死了吗?这是一种回报。你的财产被剥夺了吗?这不也是一种回报吗?

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.

你可能会在我的作品中发现许多矛盾的陈述和哲学。然而,我要对这一点说,这就是生活,因为生活充满了矛盾。

An executive is a person who always decides sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.

高管是这样的人,他总是做出决定,有时他的决定是正确的,但他总是做出决定。