擺在眼前的事實What
is Laid Before Him
再強的水流都無法在一個滿溢的杯子裡加添一滴水。
the strongest current of water cannot
add a drop to a cup which is already full.
再多困難的事，都可以對最笨的人解釋清楚，假如他還沒有先入為主的意見；但是對最聰明的人卻無法說明白一件最簡單的事，假如他毫無懷疑地認為，他已經知道擺在他眼前的事實。
The most difficult subjects can be
explained to the most slow-witted man if he has not formed any idea
of them already; but the simplest thing cannot be made clear to the
most intelligent man if he is firmly persuaded that he knows already,
without a shadow of doubt, what is laid before him.
**列夫·托爾斯泰Leo
Tolstoy
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