事实是顽固的东西;无论我们的愿望、倾向或激情的驱使如何,它们都无法改变事实和证据的状态。
Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence.
Biography is the art of making the dead live again.
你太慷慨了,不要跟我开玩笑。如果你的感情仍然和去年四月一样,请立刻告诉我。我的感情和愿望没有改变,但是你的一句话将永远让我对这个问题保持沉默。
One is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event.