Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.
(Chesterton)
謬論不會因為它蔚為風潮就不再是謬論。/切斯特頓
To one who has faith, no explanation is needed. To one who has no faith,
no explanation is possible. (St. Thomas Aquinas)
為有信德的人,不需要解釋;為沒有信德的人,解釋也是徒勞。/聖多瑪斯阿奎納
The Christian ideal has not been tried and found wanting. It was found
difficult and left untried. (Chesterton)
基督信仰的理念未曾被嘗試,也不被渴求;人們發現它實在難以落實,所以乏人問津。
(另譯:基督徒的理想常讓人覺得曲高和寡,因而鮮少願意奔赴。)/切斯特頓
Human reason, when it trusts itself, substitutes the strangest
absurdities for the highest divine concepts. (St. John Chrysostom)
人的理性一旦只信任自身,便會以最古怪、荒誕不經的方式,來替代最崇高的神性(觀念)。/金口聖若望
Intoxicated by the exuberance of our own verbosity. (Gladstone Disraeli)
自顧自的贅言常是主流,讓人不禁陶醉其中。/ Gladstone Disraeli
Worry is a total waste of time. It doesn’t change anything. All it does
is steal your joy and keep you very busy doing nothing. (Anonymous)
擔憂簡直是白費力氣。它除了偷走你的喜樂、讓你瞎忙且一事無成之外,不改變任何事。/匿名
Never play with the feelings of others because you may win the game but
the risk is that you will surely lose the person for a life time.
(Shakespeare)
切莫玩弄別人的情感。你可能看似贏了這局,卻冒著永遠失去這個人的風險。/莎士比亞
Gossip is the poison of people with small minds and great inferiority
feelings. Gossip is the most deadly microbe. It has neither legs nor wings.
It is composed entirely of tales and most of them have stings.
說閒話(道人長短、講人八卦)—為心胸狹隘、深具自卑感的人來說,是一劑毒藥。它就像是最致命的微生物,沒有腳、也沒有翅膀,而是由一連串空洞的情節組成,其中大部分還帶著刺。