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第59章 真 理 Truth

不论看到还是看不到,真理永远是真理。

The moon is a moon whether it shines or not.

当愤怒丧失理智时,真理就会消失。

When anger blinds the mind, truth disappears.

恶意尽管可能践踏真理,但无法消灭真理。

Though malice(恶意)may darken truth, it cannot put it out.

古老的谚语是真理之子。

Old proverbs are the children of truth.

过多的争论,真理就失去意义了。

In too much disputing truth is lost.

面对面,真理自相见。

Face to face, the truth comes out.

人们最不愿倾听的真理,往往是对他们最有益的。

The truths we least like to hear are those which it is most to our advantage to know.

实践发现真理,实践还可以检验和发展真理。

Discover the truth through practice, and again through practice verify and develop the truth.

实践是检验真理的标准。

As the scales is an instrument for weighing things, so practice is a touch-stone for

distinguishing right from wrong.

笑谈中有真理。

Many a true word is spoken in jest(玩笑).

信奉真理胜过信奉柏拉图。

Plato is dear to me, but dearer still is truth.(亚里士多德)

隐瞒真理就是埋葬金子。

To withhold truth is to bury gold.

越是真理,诽谤就越厉害。

The greater the truth, the greater the libel(诽谤).

真金不怕火,真理不怕驳。

Genuine gold fears no fire; truth fears no refutation.

真理比幻想更奇特。

Truth is stranger than fiction.

真理必胜。

Truth will prevail / conquer.

真理不变。

Change lays not her hand upon truth.

真理不会因有人看不见而退色。

The sky is not less blue because the blind man does not see it.

真理不可抗拒。

Truth has no answer.

真理不怕反驳。

Truth fears no colors.

真理不怕诽谤。月亮不怕狗吠 / 狼嚎。

The moon does not heed / regard the barking of dogs / wolves.

真理不怕诽谤和不公正。

Truth fears not the flames of slander and injustice.

真理不因谬误的存在而不是真理。

The sun is never the worse for shining on a dunghill(粪堆).

真理迟早会被验证。

The truth will out.

真理的语言是朴素的。

The language of truth is simple.

真理好比燧石,受到的敲打越厉害,发射出的光辉就越灿烂。

It is best to compare truth to a flint—the harder it is struck, the more brilliantly its sparks shine.

真理和爱情是世界上力量最强大的两样东西,当两者走到一起时,是很难抵挡的。

Truth and love are two of the most powerful things in the world; and when they both go together they cannot easily be withstood.

真理和玫瑰,身上皆有刺。

Truth and roses have thorns about them.

真理就是埋在金棺材里,终究也会显露出来。

Truth will out, even if it buried in a golden coffin.

真理可能被责难,但绝不会受羞辱。

Truth may be blamed, but shall never be shamed.

真理面目和善,但衣衫褴褛。

Truth has a good face, but ill clothes.

真理面前人人平等。

The sun shines upon all alike / everywhere.

真理难被发现。

Truth lies at the bottom of a well.

真理能战胜一切。

Truth conquers all things.

真理如同油,总会浮出水面。

Truth and oil are ever above.

真理使人醒悟。真理能够唤醒耳朵,犹如烟雾笼罩眼睛,酸醋刺激牙齿。

Truth is to the ear what smoke is to the eyes and vinegar to the teeth.

真理是打不倒的。

Truth, once crushed, will rise again.

真理是时间的产物。

Truth is the daughter of time.

真理是头雄狮。

Truth is a lion.

真理无需多言。

Truth needs not many words.

真理无需华丽的词藻。

Truth has no need of rhetoric(虚夸的言辞).

真理无需色彩,美丽不需涂饰。

Truth needs no color; beauty, no pencil.

真理无需支撑便可自立。

Truth will stand without a prop(支柱).

真理像太阳,手掌遮不住。

As truth is like the sun, it cannot be shaded up by one’s palm.

真理永存,谎言只是瞬间。

The lip of truth shall be established for ever; but a lying tongue is but for a moment.

真理永恒。真理之树常青。

The true is always green.

The truth is always green.

Truth never grows old.

真理在黑暗中闪光。

Truth shines in the dark.

真理最好的装饰是不加装饰。

Truth’s best ornament(装饰)is nakedness.

真理最伟大的朋友是时间,最大的敌人是偏见,永恒的伴侣是谦逊。

The greatest friend of truth is time, he greatest enemy is prejudice and her constant companion is humility.

只有真理才是真美。

Nothing is really beautiful but truth.

只有真理永存。

Nothing endures but truth.

智者热爱真理,愚者逃避真理。

Wise men love truth, whereas fools shut it.

自然必须服从必然。

Nature must obey necessity.

自然不以人们的主观意志为转移。

Nature will have its course.

自然是反映真理的一面镜子。

Nature is the glass reflecting truth.